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TexasTowelie

(122,495 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 09:51 PM Sep 2018

Socialist in New York state Senate race remakes herself

NEW YORK - In a year in which establishment Democrats have found themselves stalked, and sometimes beaten, by more liberal challengers, New York's Julia Salazar seems well-positioned to become the next insurgent to knock off an incumbent. She's a 27-year-old, tattoo-wearing socialist, running for state Senate against a 67-year-old, male Democrat in a district that has been ground zero for Brooklyn's hipster invasion.

Before she gets a chance to remake state politics, Salazar has run into questions about how she's remade her own identity.

Just a few years ago, Salazar was a Republican who led an anti-abortion group at Columbia University. As a student, she appeared on conservative commentator Glenn Beck's online show to complain about professors spreading anti-Israel propaganda.

Her quick transformation from a conservative student activist to a Democratic Socialist who now favors abortion access for all women is remarkable enough.

Read more: https://www.sunherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article217895120.html

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Socialist in New York state Senate race remakes herself (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2018 OP
this story is wild JHan Sep 2018 #1
Hmmmm. nt sheshe2 Sep 2018 #2
+1 Tarheel_Dem Sep 2018 #3
Damn. The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 #4

The Polack MSgt

(13,636 posts)
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Sun Sep 9, 2018, 06:39 PM
Sep 2018

I guess it can happen after all I went from being a moderate Democrat to being a liberal-ish Democrat in the short span of 4 decades

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