"Screwed the pooch" is a military term used to describe a catastrophic error. Normally, I’m focused on promoting Democrats, but when a member of the leadership does something that is blatantly against the interest of the American people, as well as the Democratic Party, integrity demands that I speak-up.
Just two months after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unanimously voted to ban donations from fossil fuel companies, DNC chair Tom Perez has introduced a resolution that would essentially reverse the ban, HuffPost reported Friday.
The proposal introduced by Perez says that the Democratic Party “support[s] fossil fuel workers” and will accept donations from the workers individually or “through
their unions’ or employers’ political action committees.”
According to HuffPost, the resolution “nods” to “forward-looking employers” that are “powering America’s all-of-the-above energy economy and moving us towards a future fueled by clean and low-emissions energy technology, from renewables to carbon capture and storage to advanced nuclear technology.”
The original resolution banned donations from oil, gas, and coal companies, but not from individual workers in those industries, something some activists hoped the party would take a step to ban, as well. Instead, Perez looks to, according to Friday’s report, “continue to welcome the longstanding and generous contributions of workers, including those in energy and related industries, who organize and donate to Democratic candidates individually or through their unions’ or employers’ political action committees.”
R.L. Miller, president of Climate Hawks Vote, said in a statement Friday she was “furious that the DNC would effectively undo a resolution passed just two months ago just as the movement to ban fossil fuel corporate PAC money is growing (and Democrats are winning).”… [emphasis added]
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Now I have absolutely no problem with accepting donations from individual fossil fuels workers or their unions, but I strongly object to donations from fossil fuels companies and PACs. The only time they will donate to Democrats is to promote DINOs over Progressive Democrats or to instigate a quid pro quo relationship in districts, where they know Democrats will win anyway.
Therefore, Perez should either withdraw his proposal or resign as DNC Chair. I trust some of our petition mavens can point us to several.
RESIST!!
VOTE BLUE!!
86 DAYS!!
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Petition to DNC here – this one was emailed by RL Miller
I’m not aware of any petition directly to Perez, but would sign it, along with any other petition to the DNC. I’m familiar with the concept of “spoiling the Egyptians” which can be quite amusing, and I certainly do sympathize from individual workers in the industry (but I don’t think they were blocked anyway), but the optics of this are as bad as they can be. And the money is not worth it.
Thanks JD. Signed.
Shame on you, Perez! This is not the way, and we hold you accountable for your actions!! We’re better than this.
Signed petition, thx Joanne.
Petition signed. Thanks, JOanne.
Signed the petition (thanks, Joanne) with the following comment: Taking money from the fossil fuel industry is like taking it from the tobacco industry, as your mother lies dying of lung cancer!!!!!
THIS is how the DNC has come to be seen as an enemy the people. Pelosi, the twit from Florida, Schultz?, who also helped screw Bernie out of the nomination, all of these are anathema to the regular person.
I didn’t comment on the petition … but I did get an email from Tom requesting regular monthly donations, and I sent a reply to that which was fairly blistering (certainly for me) and included the remark that he has a “hell of a nerve” asking for money after the fossil-fuel move. I haven’t found any petition addrerssed directly to him, and I figured a nasty note couldn’t hurt.
I saw that comment.
Yes, I blind copied you. Glad you liked it. I kept a copy too.
Kewl!
I suspect Perez is bowing to pressure from oil state Democrats…unfortunately. Many of them believe support from oil interests is key to their election. These are Democrats that need to be primared. It is time for the “New Democrats” to take over.
Really, Perez??? Many Dems don’t like the past corporate bent to the party. Perez wants to go backwards? What an idiot! This will split the party instead of bringing it together. Take a leaf out of Bernie’s and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s playbook and don’t look backwards!
No party should do a thing like this three months before the most important midterms in its history. Of course the Democratic party should support individuals who work in the fossil-fuel industry; the Democratic party should support all workers. Their donations are not stamped with a fossil-fuel emblem. And of course the Democratic party should support the unions of individuals who work in the fossil-fuel industry; those unions are there for the workers, not the industry; the Democratic party should all unions for workers. But the DNC should NEVER go back on banning fossil-fuel companies and PACs.
The old elite is still there and they’re just as addicted to big money as their Republican colleagues. And they couldn’t have picked a worse time to come out of the shadows again. I hope I’m wrong, but I think Perez is the tip of the iceberg.
Thanks and hot tired hugs.