If ever we needed proof of the corruption, anti-democratic farces that pollute our party, look no further than Steny Hoyer, right hand axeman and Speaker wannabe.
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A new exposé by The Intercept confirms how powerful Democratic officials have worked to crush competitive progressive candidates in primaries around the country, choosing instead to back moderate, business-friendly candidates. This comes after President Obama used his farewell address to encourage Americans upset about the outcome of the 2016 election to take action by running for office themselves. We speak with Levi Tillemann, a Colorado man who heeded Obama's call and found himself disappointed by the process, after he was repeatedly pressured by powerful Democrats not to run. In fact, he recorded a conversation in which he was directly told to drop out of the Democratic primary for Colorado's sixth Congressional district by none other than the second-ranking House Democrat, Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland. We go to Denver to speak with Levi Tillemann, a candidate in Colorado's Democratic primary for the 6th Congressional District, which includes Denver. He is featured in the new exposé by Lee Fang, investigative journalist at The Intercept, "Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Official Pressuring Progressive to Bow Out of Election."
Please take the time and read the actual transcript. Many here have had complaints about the DNC, the DCCC, and DSCC. Others here have scoffed, pointedly comparing our complaints to conspiracy theories or worse.
Here is just one tasty morsel of crap.
NERMEEN SHAIKH: I want to go back to another excerpt of The Intercept's animated video of the audio recording made by our guest, Levi Tillemann, of his meeting with Democratic Representative Steny Hoyer. Listen carefully.
LEVI TILLEMANN: Crow is the favorite, in no small part, Congressman Hoyer, because the DCCC not only put its finger on the scale, but started jumping on the scale very early on. And I'm born and raised a Democrat. I mean, it's undemocratic to have a small elite select someone and then try to rig the primary against the other people running. And that is -- that is basically what has been happening.
CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER: I hear you, and I disagree.
LEVI TILLEMANN: But you were part of that process.
CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER: Absolutely.
LEVI TILLEMANN: You said abs…?
CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER: Absolutely.
LEVI TILLEMANN: Yes. Yeah.
CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER: I've been at this a long time.
LEVI TILLEMANN: Yeah.
And some people wonder why the Democratic Party has problems? The same ridiculous maneuvering that permeated our presidential nomination still exists, and still pisses people off.
Simply put, what Hoyer is telling Democrats, while giving us all a one finger salute is, “We know best and we will screw you if you disagree.”
Hardly a big tent party, is it?
I’d say shame on Hoyer, but like others in positions of leadership in BOTH parties, Hoyer has no shame.