No more vanity campaigns in politics. Build needed infrastructure like this for the people of your district or don't run. - ThreadSky

rightingandwriting.bsky.social • 4 days ago

No more vanity campaigns in politics. Build needed infrastructure like this for the people of your district or don't run.

Reposted from Kat Abughazaleh

I am UNBELIEVABLY moved!

Over 130 people attended our first public campaign event and collected an SUV’s worth of period products for Chicago’s Period Collective!!!

Thank you to anyone who came!! If you want to know more about our beliefs + outreach efforts, go to katforillinois.com.

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taylorofthecave.bsky.social•4 days ago

No more vanity campaigns is something I wholeheartedly agreed with - then I saw it was in response to Kat Abu and I literally spit out my coffee.

It's the definition of a vanity campaign. Running to unseat a reliable solid progressive Dem in favor of an influencer in her 20's...yeah, hard pass.

mirasair.bsky.social•4 days ago

Primaries are important to the democratic process and getting upset that someone you like isn't being coronated but instead has to earn the nomination is ridiculous.

taylorofthecave.bsky.social•4 days ago

She's allowed to run like anyone else! Happy to have rigorous primaries!

What's being discussed here is vanity runs & make no mistake this is one from someone who's not demonstrated leadership or expertise in governance.

For the same reason I wouldn't vote for Jon Stewart for a major office.

paulofdawild.bsky.social•3 days ago

I agree. How is it not a vanity campaign for one to parachute in from Texas (or DC) and declare herself the progressive in a district that Jan Schakowsky MADE progressive? There's something way off here.

ratsavant.bsky.social•4 days ago

She's running against an 80 year old Zionist who has trouble reading.

taylorofthecave.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thanks for helping me make my point.

ratsavant.bsky.social•4 days ago

You can’t be a “progressive” if you support a fascist foreign government and you can’t be reliable if you can’t participate in the legislative process. Your point was dumb.

taylorofthecave.bsky.social•4 days ago

Again, making my points for me. Thanks!

Kat Abu's motivations for running in that particular district are fairly clear.

Generational change is a fine message, trying to make a Congressional race into a referendum on our FP relationship with one minor country is lunacy and the logic doesn't scale.

mirasair.bsky.social•3 days ago

Our relationship being supplying arms to a genocidal state.

ratsavant.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think stopping the Democrats support for genocide is not a small issue. It might not matter to you because of how you feel about Muslims and Arabs, but it does to a lot of people.

freejack.bsky.social•4 days ago

...and while you build, remind everybody how they went after ACORN for doing the same thing. Forwarned is forarmed (don't expect the politicians you help elect will defend your infrastructure)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now

pellat.bsky.social•4 days ago

Where are her supporters? These pics look staged

johnnewhouse.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is the way. A mutual aid based politics that clearly directly benefits the community in the ground

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