Democrats breaking ranks to support Socialist Kshama Sawant

[Ichingcarpenter]

Kshama Sawant, a member of the Socialist Alternative Party, launched a long-shot bid for the Seattle City Council in 2013. With little money and few endorsements, she ousted a longtime Democratic incumbent, becoming the City Council's first Socialist member.

"It’s exciting to be able to run yet another grassroots independent working-class campaign,” Sawant said.

Now she’s back, running for the council again as the city moves to elect officials by district. And this time, prominent Democrats have announced they support her. They include King County Council member Larry Gossett and state Sen. Pramila Jayapal.

But the prospect of Democrats breaking ranks to support a Socialist doesn’t sit well with some party activists.

“Philosophically it’s a problem that we’ve never dealt with before,” said David Corrado, chair of the 37th District Democrats in Southeast Seattle.


http://kuow.org/post/socialist-kshama-sawant-causes-rift-among-seattle-democrats



A witness to the debate"

I was at that debate/candidates' forum today for the Democrats 43rd District at Mount Zion Baptist Church here in Seattle. Kshama absolutely destroyed her competitors!!! Not in the physical way of course lol but man the moderator had to remind the audience again and again to not spend too much time cheering and clapping for her each time she spoke. At the end of the whole debate she was the only one to get a standing ovation. I'd feel bad for the democratic candidates but they all either have no idea what they're talking about or are funded by big corporations. Here's to Kshama Sawant's first re-election victory! Slay them girl!!!


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http://www.kshamasawant.org/