Edwin Duterte: The Republican Who Can Unseat Maxine Waters By Haitham al Mhana
March 27, 2018 at 8:31pm
In Pennsylvania’s special election, Democrat Connor Lamb “flipped” a traditionally red district and won by regularly attacking Nancy Pelosi. In turn, many Democrat candidates in red districts are also criticizing Pelosi. This also opens the door for Republicans to do the same thing. They can flip traditionally blue districts with seats held by unpopular Democrats.
The results of Pennsylvania’s special election should make the Democrat establishment anxious more than anything else. According to Politico, Lamb spent $10 million on advertisements that attacked other Democrats in the race who supported Pelosi. He labeled them as part of her “flock.”
In the end, he was elected as a Democrat in a district that voted for President Donald Trump by over 20 percent.
Flip it Red
Going from one coast to another, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is facing multiple Republican opponents in the southern Los Angeles 43rd District. In a hypothetical one-on-one race, a November 2017 UnCut Report Facebook poll among registered voters shows the GOP’s Edwin Duterte within only a 6 percent margin of Waters.
“Maxine Waters has been in office for over 27 years. She sponsored more than 400 bills, but only got 3 passed. That’s a 1% success rate.” Duterte told UCR in an interview. “If you (worked for) any company and (had) a 99% failure rate, do you think you should keep your job? I don’t think so.”
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Poster Comment:
Bottom line is if you cannot perform, you are out of a job.