The Democratic establishment scored a major victory over the party’s progressive wing on Tuesday when Shontel Brown defeated Nina Turner in a primary election in Ohio. Brown was endorsed by Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential nominee, and James Clyburn, the highest ranking African American in the House of Representatives. Turner had the backing of senator Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist who twice ran for president, and congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a leading member of “the squad” of progressives. “Once again, the pundits and the Twitterverse got it wrong, and Democratic voters picked the moderate, Shontel Brown, over the candidate ordained by the far left,” said Matt Bennett, executive vice-president of the centre-left thinktank Third Way. They have chosen Shontel Brown, a committed Biden Democrat, to represent them in Washington.”Brown had emphasised her support for Biden’s administration and drew a contrast with Turner, who was co-chair of Sanders’ 2020 presidential run.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2021 03:33 UTC