I plan put up a post for this on Saturday morning with the YouTube video so we can watch the DNC Candidate Forum together, if anyone wants to join me.
As long as we’re here, I’ll take this opportunity to share Simon Rosenberg’s update on the fight to Block North Carolina republicans from throwing out votes in order to steal the NC state supreme court seat that was won by Democrat Allison Riggs, who we supported here on Balloon Juice.
This morning the DNC joined the fight to block the Republican Party from stealing a Supreme Court seat in North Carolina:
The Democratic National Committee on Friday attempted to stop North Carolina Republicans’ effort to invalidate tens of thousands of ballots from the November election and upend a state supreme court race that Democrats won.
The DNC filed a legal action on Friday to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee in Wake county, North Carolina, in late December, seeking to throw out votes because of alleged missing information on registration forms.
This week, the North Carolina supreme court stalled the state elections board from confirming the results of a November supreme court race that their Democratic colleague, Allison Riggs, won by a margin of just more than 700 votes. The Republican candidate, Jefferson Griffin, has made claims of missing voter registration information in multiple legal filings before and after the election.
The actions in North Carolina have Democrats and democracy advocates concerned and fighting back over fears voters could be disenfranchised and elections overturned.
“For months, North Carolina Republicans have attempted to steal an election in plain sight at taxpayers’ expense, seeking to throw away some 60,000 lawful votes cast in the race for North Carolina supreme court justice,” the DNC chair, Jaime Harrison, said in a statement. “On November 5, North Carolina voters elected Justice Allison Riggs. Their voices will be heard.”
Is anyone else planning to watch the DNC Candidate Forum?
More than any other year, I think this position is absolutely key. I would love to see David Hogg as vice-chair. Time to shake up the DNC and let all the consultants sit in a corner while the rest of us roll up our sleeves and get to work.
Open thread.
Glory b
It doesn’t matter to me, as part of the party BASE, I will be voting, donating and campaigning for Democrats.
Hogg has made a few too many comments that indicate he is deficient in civics and party matters. Someone that high in the pecking order should know more about it.
WaterGirl
@Glory b:
re: Chair of the DNC, I believe the chair can make a huge difference beyond what regular people can do by voting, donating or getting out the vote.
The leadership is key, as are regular people like us who do the work.
Can you say more about the things that concern you about David Hogg?
laura
I would love to see David Hogg as vice-chair.
Nope. I’d like to see David Hogg put some work in before he gets the velvet ropeline treatment. Let him put paper in the copy machines, work the coffee and snax area, listen and learn from the footsoldiers and not the power havers. Let him decide if the Party is one he’s willing to join- the entire big tent, not the co-opters and critics, not the DSA, not the Bernie Bros but the base. Let’s not raise a future Leiberman or Sinema or Manchin
What Glory b said!
MomSense
I’d like to see Hogg as vice chair. We did poorly with young men. He is a great communicator and fighter. Give him a chance.
Another Scott
Thanks for highlighting this. I hope to be able to watch.
And the GQP continues to be monsters. We have to continue to fight them every day (even while we make nice and say “we’ll work with them where we can, but fight them when we must”…).
Grr…
Best wishes,
Scott.
WaterGirl
@laura:
In complete agreement with that part!
What leads you to think he hasn’t done any of the rest?
West of the Rockies
I can remember a time now long ago when a number of Republicans had some degree of honor, integrity, and even compassion… alas.
MomSense
@laura:
Did you know he worked his ass off campaigning for Harris Walz? Walz endorsed him.
JML
The DNC usually has a bunch of vice-chairs. the position of Chair is an important one when the party is out of the White House as the only nationally elected position representing the party. In additional to a lot of fundraising and infrastructure responsibilities, they’re a person who can get on tv and in the media with relative ease if they choose to comment on something, and should be one of our strongest advocates for the good Democrats do as a Party.
It’ll be interesting to see where we land. I’ve known Ken Martin for more than a few years…he’s an interesting choice. he certainly knows how to raise money, and the MN DFL have out-performed expectations more than a few times under his watch. he’s also not afraid to shank someone (YMMV on how good that is?).
I wouldn’t mind someone like Hogg jumping in as a Vice-Chair, but I do occasionally get nervous about people who see the party as something to advance their careers, rather than an organization they believe in. Not sure where Hogg lands there. or how much of a single-issue kind of guy he is; he’s been great on gun violence, but who is he on the other big issues?
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@JML:
Shanking in politics is a highly underrated skill and any time we can promote a (D) who’s actually proficient in that, Is. A. Good. Thing.
Jackie
Kinda off topic, but worth savoring… Per Newsweek,Donald Trump’s devotees are furious at Supreme Court’s Justice Amy Coney Barrett, accusing the conservative of betraying the next president by allowing his criminal sentencing to go ahead.
Barrett — who was put on the bench by Trump — joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices to deny his request to halt sentencing after his conviction for business fraud involving hush money payments.
JML
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: shanking your enemies…great. shanking your allies? not so great.
brantl
@West of the Rockies: It never was very goddamn many and they never had very goddamn much. This is the story of their lives. They’ve been useless tits for a long time and they’re gonna be useless tits for a much longer time the level of debasement that the party has gone to, to seek their voters is abysmally low.
Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.)
So maybe I’m missing something, but how do Republicans know which 60,000 votes to throw out? Are they calling to dump 60,000 votes off the Democratic results, and if so, how does this make any sense? There’s no way to tie the results to any particular voter. Or is the plan to just assume those 60,000 people who had things missing from their forms are all Democrats, and all voted Democratic in November?
lou
@JML:
Re; David Hogg. I’ve been following him on social media since Parkland. He’s been working hard for the past 4 years on electing up-and-comer young people to Congress and state leges, especially in seats formerly held by Republicans. He founded “Leaders We Deserve” and one of their first success stories was Maxwell Frost in Orlando.
BlueGuitarist
Will be glad to see a DNC chair that focuses public attention on the failures of Republicans for the next 21 months and 24 days.
PA Rep Scott Perry (PA-10) and some other extremists are trying to repeal the inflation reduction act. Those Republicans want higher prices, especially for seniors.
https://pennsylvaniaindependent.com/politics/republicans-health-care-costs-inflation-reduction-act-repeal-scott-perry/
Ryan
I’m one of her constituents, bet your ass I will be there. Also, thanks for all the solidarity. We really need to link arms to combat this stuff.
WaterGirl
@Ryan: You are talking about North Carolina, yes? And not about the DNC Candidate forum?
No One You Know
@MomSense: To say nothing of not just surviving his school shooting but building Leaders We Deserve.
I don’t think Mancin, Sinema, or Fetterman Avoidance applies, and if people are gonna claim that they do, they’re gonna have to do better than just bring the fear and drag their feet. I support LWD and he’s done the work. Not just the idiot covfefe work, either.
Want coffee? Starbucks is that way.
sab
@Glory b: Agreed. He was a youngster, but that was four years ago.