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More democratic socialists in the game. New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon identified herself as a democratic socialist for the first time to Politico last Tuesday. She now joins the ranks of a growing movement ignited by Ocasio-Cortez’s unlikely victory.The same day, Nixon published a campaign video featuring incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who holds a 35-point lead over her — loudly telling a female reporter he wants to “see her eat [a] whole sausage” alongside Nixon discussing her steadfast support of reproductive rights. She also held up a wire hanger at a New York rally as a symbol of her mother’s illegal abortion in the 1960s.
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- "The Supreme Court vacancy is the most consequential in our lifetime, but this nominee is from an A-list of extremists, out of touch with reality," said Deb Haaland, a Democrat running for Congress in New Mexico’s 1st District.
- "We need a strong Congress to represent the voice of the people — 72 percent of whom support Roe v. Wade — against biased judges who might gut our reproductive rights. If you care about these rights as well as voting rights, workers' rights, and more, vote this November. #KavanaughSCOTUS," tweeted Lauren Underwood, a Democrat running for Congress in Illinois’ 14th District.
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- Republican Rep. Martha McSally, who’s running for Sen. Jeff Flake’s seat in Arizona, said she had been sexually abused by a high school coach.
- Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat running for governor in Michigan, made a #MeToo video in October 2017 after revealing in a speech to state lawmakers in 2013 that she’d been raped in college.
"I didn’t tell anyone that a man living with us would come into my bedroom when I was asleep and lift my nightgown."
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