Jessica Scarane sounds poised and polished in this WHYY coverage.
“Delaware deserves better, and that’s why I’m running,” Scarane said. “We need to hold true to our values as Democrats.” She pointed to Coons’ votes confirming President Trump’s cabinet and judicial nominees as signs he’s too chummy with Republicans.
“He has repeatedly made compromises with Republicans at the expense of Delawareans,” she said.
She adds it was Coons’ support for Alex Azar as Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services as a key moment in her decision to mount her primary challenge. “This is a man who has lobbied for Big Pharma and who is opposed to abortion rights,” she said. “That’s just unacceptable to me, and it made me realize that we have to be the leaders we’re looking for to change this power structure ourselves.”
Contrast with…
Coons defended his efforts to work across the aisle in an email statement to WHYY. “I’m proud to be a Delaware Democrat and to fight for our principles,” Coons said. “That means challenging President Trump and his allies in Congress when they run afoul of our most basic values as a nation, but I’m also someone who works across the aisle to get done what we can in this environment to make our state and our community stronger.”
Like when? Please point to one fucking time when “working across the aisle” “made our state and our community stronger.” Please provide one fucking example of when that worked. By all means, proceed, Senator.
Bottom Line: Coons has got nothing to run on but a bunch or wishful thinking about the grand and glorious day in the future when all his obsequiousness will payoff in some bipartisan jackpot.
Meanwhile:
Scarane’s platform includes support for the Green New Deal, Medicare for All and a $15 federal minimum wage. She said the national conversation about those issues among the Democrats running for president helps to show that they are not fringe ideas.
“One thing that the Democratic primary is doing is exposing a lot of people to the platform and policy concepts that I will be pushing in Delaware as well,” Scarane said. “These are all things that are within reach and that we should be asking for, and they are not radical ideas.”
Delaware’s statewide primary will be held Sept. 15, 2020.
