Locals in Maine are bridling at the decision by a powerful Washington Democratic group to throw its weight behind one candidate in the contested primary race for the House seat in the state’s 2nd Congressional District.
On Monday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued a coveted endorsement of state Sen. Joe Baldacci in the primary race, prompting angry protests from the three other candidates in the race to replace outgoing Democratic Rep. Jared Golden.
In response to the endorsement, the Penobscot County Democratic Committee — in Baldacci’s home county, which includes the city of Bangor — will vote Saturday on a measure to condemn the endorsement. The language of the proposal, which was put forward by former Maine state Senate President Charles Pray, denounces the endorsement as being in “total disregard and willfully ignoring” local party rules that bar the Democratic state and county chapters from backing a candidate in a primary.
DNC establishment shills will never learn.
To be fair this is not the DNC, it’s a different Dem leadership committee specifically for the House campaigns. It should also not be interfering in primaries, though.
To be fair it’s still a national-level arm of the party. Yes, the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC are different groups, but no one trusts any of them and they’re ultimately different portions of the same pile of shit.