The three Democrats vying to replace retiring Congressman Jim McDermott in the 7th Congressional District agree on quite a lot (each starts, after all, to the left of far-Left). They do, however, disagree on which lefty talking point they believe is the biggest problem facing America today.
The candidates voiced their twisted opinions at a recent King County Labor Council forum in Seattle, each trying to out-pander the others to get the Labor Council’s endorsement. So here is the biggest problem facing our country, in their words, via the Seattle PI:
“‘Income inequality,’ answered state Sen. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, a Bernie Sanders supporter who backed re-election of socialist Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant last year.
“‘Racism,’ replied two-term state Rep. Brady Walkinshaw, D-Seattle, a former program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton.
“‘Campaign finance,’ said King County Council President Joe McDermott, a veteran of 10 years in the Washington Legislature and five years as West Seattle’s representative on the county council.”
Notice, the threat of international terrorism, the ever-growing national debt, or even Jay Inslee’s own favorite of climate change do not make the list of what these ultra-lefties are most concerned about.
So, which answer managed to win the Labor Council’s endorsement?
Income inequality.
At the end of the forum, the Labor Council decided to endorse state Sen. Pramila Jayapal. Apparently, like the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21, United Auto Workers 4121, Ironworkers 86, Sailors Union of the Pacific, and the American Federation of Government Employees, the Labor Council doesn’t mind that Jayapal doesn’t actually live in the 7th congressional district.
Let the (McDermott) Hunger Games continue.
Apparently, like the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21, United Auto Workers 4121, Ironworkers 86, Sailors Union of the Pacific, and the American Federation of Government Employees, the Labor Council doesn’t mind that Jayapal doesn’t actually live in the 7th congressional district.
Our U.S. Constitution doesn’t mind it either, so what’s your point? That we voters in the 7th District put merit over residency when making choices?
Are you certain about your assertion? Do you know what the state constitution, state law or anything else has to say about residency, like House Rules that may apply? Have you really researched and done due diligence before posting more of your nonsense? I thought not!
Do you know what the state constitution, state law or anything else has to say about residency, like House Rules that may apply?
A state cannot create additional requirements for federal office holders; this was determined back during the term limits foolishness of twenty years ago. It should also be obvious that the House cannot deny the right of voters in a state to choose their own Representatives.
Thanks for playing, and maybe next time try being ever so slightly less totally ignorant of your basic citizenship rights.
Well, actually it can for those elected offices from the state, like U.S. Reps. But unless you can cite anything that refutes that, I suggest you STFU!
Ok, a little research on the topic indicates that Washington State is really quite lax on the residency requirements for U.S. Representatives, however it seems that most other states place stricter requirements that representatives must live in the districts they are representing.
I do hope the person you pay to do the research thing for you didn’t charge you too much, and by “too much,” I mean “anything at all”:
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a California residency rule for congressional candidates, deciding that a state cannot add requirements for federal office to those already set down in the U.S. Constitution.
The article goes on to note how useless and redundant such a requirement would be:
“I can confidently predict that there is no district in California that is going to elect a congressperson who doesn’t show enough interest in the state to register to vote 83 days before the election,” he said.
So, yes, your useless whining notwithstanding, Seattle’s voters will continue to elect our Representatives on merit, and not on any of the criteria you have ever used.
WTF, you cite one case in extremely liberal California and that make you an authority, what a laugh.