Progressive candidate Laura Moser advanced to a runoff in the Democratic primary for a congressional seat representing Texas on Tuesday night even after the national party came out against her.
Moser, an activist and journalist, came in second in the primary, and will face off against Lizzie Pannill Fletcher on May 22.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, House Democrats’ campaign committee, publicly sided against Moser in February by pushing damaging research noting that Moser once that she’d “rather have my teeth pulled out without anesthesia” than live in Texas. National Democrats are worried that Moser does not have a good shot at unseating incumbent Rep. John Culberson (R-TX).
Moser once that she’d “rather have my teeth pulled out without anesthesia” than live in Texas.
She lost by 1700 votes. Why the DCCC continues to indulge this woman is a mystery. The DNC and DCCC need to grow up and boot the Bernie bros and girls who will not toe the line out of the Party. Enough is enough.
Dems lost out on a good candidate in Jason Weston. I think his potential vote was split too many ways and Moser staked out ground as the Berner candidate appealing to upscale parts of this district and got into the run off. I would expect a majority of the voters from the #3 and #4 candidates - Weston and Alex T would support Lizzie Pannill Fletcher…at least I hope.
I’m not a fan of Moser. I don’t think she can win that district and I don’t think her message is good for the party. It’s more of a leftist grievance politics that turns its guns on the amorphous establishment as much as it does on the Republicans. That’s not the message that has been winning for Dems in the past year. Fletcher embodies the spirit of what has been getting us wins. I hope voters in the district see that.
Gee, my husband said the same thing! Actually he said the happiest day ofhis life was the day he moved out of Texas.
So, the most damning thing the oppo-research guys could find was “she once said something disparaging about Texas”? No ties to Russia? No sex with children? No photos dressed in NAZI garb?
Good golly, Texas democrats are skiddish…