Vermont
Related: About this forumSanders challenger files complaint over election tactic
Folasade Adeluola said shes running to stop Sen. Bernie Sanders from waging war with the Democratic Party.
The newcomer to politics is a self-described Obamacrat activist and is facing Sanders in Tuesdays the Vermont Democratic primary. Shes a single mother who is self-employed in accounting and lives in Burlington.
Adeluola, 55, is originally from Nigeria and became a U.S. citizen in the 1990s.
If he wins the primary, Sanders has said he will continue his practice of declining the nomination and running as an independent in the general election a traditional Adeluola aims to stop.
Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2018/08/14/sanders-challenger-files-complaint-election-tactic/
shanny
(6,709 posts)Doodley
(10,360 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)We need all the Dems we can get to gain the majority & take our place in those coveted committees.
Best wishes in the fight for the Dem majority.
Me.
(35,454 posts)As in establishment?
Oh my
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)I even knew what it meant as a 12 yr old.
Waaaay back..
I think it was used by a pot smokin comedian ..or someone.
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Brief simple definition: A movement formed to dismantle an establishment or organization that is about to destroy a society.
Trump & Putun's Red Wave, for instance.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Yes. And both are fragilistic...hmm..
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Isn't he allowed to run in the general without running in a party affiliated primary?
Maven
(10,533 posts)Maraya1969
(22,997 posts)handmade34
(22,920 posts)I hope she can stop Bernie...
Maven
(10,533 posts)by requiring all primary candidates to sign a written pledge to run as a Democrat during the general.
George II
(67,782 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Adeluola showed up, Sanders didn't. He was in the Midwest campaigning.