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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Democrats are snubbing their Alabama Senate candidate
Doug Jones would seem to be a perfect candidate for the post-Charlottesville moment.
By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI 09/01/2017 04:57 AM EDT
Hes cash-poor, outgunned and flying under the radar. Doug Jones, the Democrat running in the Alabama special election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions old Senate seat, is no Jon Ossoff.
Unlike Ossoff, the Georgia special election candidate who recently gained national prominence and collected more cash than any House candidate, ever due to his initial positioning as the face of the anti-Trump resistance, Jones has declined to make his opposition to Donald Trump the centerpiece of his campaign.
Its proved to be a consequential decision in a party where antipathy toward the president is an animating force. While Jones would seem to be a perfect candidate for the post-Charlottesville moment hes a 63-year-old former U.S. attorney who prosecuted the pair behind the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham national Democrats have largely ignored him. And grassroots donors have given him the cold shoulder, leaving Jones with less than $100,000 in cash on hand by the end of July, according to federal filings.
This election should not be about Donald Trump. He is popular in a lot of places, but he is also widely unpopular [among some] people that are going to vote, Jones said in an interview, insisting his campaign is focused on civil rights, health care, and wages not the president. I dont really have to talk about Donald Trump, [though] sometimes its just impossible not to, given some of the noise that went out of the White House these days."
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Enorgnoz
(8 posts)I could really give two shits about those who still support the president*, but many of those who voted for him and have now come to see the light are feeling lost, confused, and looking for a path forward. Candidates that continue to dwell on how ass-backwards and disgusting Drumpf is may end up further alienating voters who are looking to change course.
But also, Republicans vote Republican vote Republican...so who knows.
DBoon
(22,369 posts)I will donate shortly, and encourage others to do the same
If a yellow dog was running as a Democrat, I would support the dog
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)going anti-Trump may not be the smartest strategy in heavily pro-Trump areas, but issues hopefully still matter.
DarthDem
(5,256 posts)Seems like 90% of their stories are about purported Democratic divisions.
In actuality, I got an e-mail from Sen. Cortez-Masto's list asking for donations to Doug Jones and immediately sent something along.