Cenk Uygur is a candidate for Congress in California. He is seeking the seat formerly occupied by Kate Hill. In a sense, he would be a worthy successor to Hill. Like Hill, he would be a disgrace.
Until yesterday, Uygur had Bernie Sanders’s endorsement.
According to Washington Post, Uygur once claimed that “the genes of women are flawed” and that women are “poorly designed creatures who do not want to have sex nearly as often as needed for the human race to get along peaceably and fruitfully.” Other comments were more graphic.
Bernie Sanders decided to endorse him. The Vermont socialist said:
I know he will serve ordinary people, not powerful special interests. He is a voice that we desperately need in Congress.
Many Democrats, including left-wing activists, were appalled that Sanders would endorse a blatant sexist like Uygur
After a while, Sanders had heard enough. In an unusual move for a man who prides himself in not backing down, his team issued a statement withdrawing the endorsement.
Hours before Sanders pulled his endorsement, Uygur, in a defensive move, had announced that he is no longer accepting endorsements. Pathetic.
With Nancy Pelosi endorsing a different candidate and with Uygur’s sexism exposed, one would think he’s headed for defeat. But with Democrats these days, you never know.
If elected, Uygur presumably would try to align himself with the four female members of the squad (assuming they are reelected). I’d be interested in seeing whether the likes of Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would embrace, or have much to do with, a misogynist pig like Cenk Uygur.
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I think Uygur was a leader in the group that got Alexandria Cortez elected
——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1
December 14, 2019, 10:59 PM
parabellum
Yeah, this Cenk guy is a real asshole. I love how when he's reciting part of his pervert manifesto, he has to look up at the sky and hesitate while he's getting it straight- "Am I talking about Jack helping me off a horse, or am I talking about me helping Jack off a horse?" Loudmouthed idiot. Damn.
Talk about "no filter". Usually, I hate trite expressions like that, but it's true in the case of this epic douchebag- no filter at all- none. Whatever comes into his tiny little brain goes right out of his cake hole. The guy is an embrassment to the human race.
December 14, 2019, 11:15 PM
brywards
He’s a Turkish male...why would you have expected anything different out of this guy?
December 14, 2019, 11:16 PM
BBMW
Didn't Hill beat a Republican? Is he trying to get his seat back?
December 14, 2019, 11:16 PM
motor59
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Originally posted by Ripley:
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Originally posted by dsiets: I wonder what his buddy Ben Mankiewicz thinks.
Ben prefers to keep it within the family.
I'm no Ben defender, but I took what he said to mean the polar opposite of what you're implying he meant.
As far as Cenk goes, hopefully even California Democrats can see what a walking clusterf*ck he would be.
suaviter in modo, fortiter in re
December 14, 2019, 11:23 PM
parabellum
I don't have to watch that particular clip. I've seen it before. Ben Mankiewicz said he had trouble getting used to incest porn. Just what do you think he means by that? It means that he finally managed to get used to incest porn.
And BTW, who in the fuck even says something like that in a broadcast program?? No matter what your view is on this stuff, who says stuff like this, to be broadcast and preserved for posterity? Mankiewicz really does need to hang out with this Cenk asshole, because it's the only way that he comes off looking like less of a scumbag.
The world would be far better off without either of these trashy people in it.
"I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023
December 15, 2019, 07:26 AM
sdy
doesn't get a lot of publicity, but
Justice Democrats is an American progressive political action committee[3][4] founded on January 23, 2017, by Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk, Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, and Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley, former leaders from the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign
Kulinski and Uygur are no longer affiliated with the group but remain active supporters
In the 2018 elections, 26 of the 79 candidates endorsed by Justice Democrats won their respective primary elections. Seven of these candidates won in the general election: Raúl Grijalva, Ro Khanna, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib , Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , and
.Pramila Jayapal
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interview Uygur with Bernie Sanders from 2016
"people perceive that Donald Trump is antiestablishment"
Sanders wants a "political revolution" w him as president
December 15, 2019, 07:35 AM
fpuhan
Nope, sorry. "We" didn't "all watch" this guy. I've only seen his name in passing and couldn't pronounce it if I tried.
But if it's coming from Kommifornia, I'm not surprised.
You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless.
