Last cycle, Pelosi's dreadfully corrupt-- as in just like a GOP pay-to-play outfit-- SuperPAC, the House Majority PAC, spent $72,107,669, very little of it supporting progressives and almost all of it supporting New Dems and Blue Dogs from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. These were the 26 candidates who got the most help-- over a million dollars from Pelosi (and not counting the money the DCCC spent in these districts). The letter grade after their name is from ProgressivePunch of their voting records so far:
• Harley Rouda (New Dem-CA)- $3,805,387-- F• Kim Schrier (New Dem-WA)- $3,208,288-- F• Gil Cisneros (New Dem-CA)- $3,165,740-- F• Andy Kim (NJ)- $3,082,713-- F• Josh Harder (New Dem-CA)- $2,953,370-- F• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (New Dem-FL)- $2,623,646-- D• Antonio Delgado (D-NY)- $2,623,610-- F• Colin Allred (New Dem-TX)- $2,584,185-- F• Anthony Brindisi (Blue Dog-NY)- $2,524,001-- F• Tom Malinowski (New Dem-NJ)- $2,456,302-- F• Sean Casten (New Dem-IL)- $2,274,909-- D• Katie Hill (New Dem-CA)- $2,093,513-- F• Mike Levin (D-CA)- $1,926526-- C• Elissa Slotkin (New Dem-MI)- $1,813,501-- F• Susie Lee (New Dem-NV)- $1,645,841-- F• Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (IL)- $1,571,733-- Lost• Mikie Sherrill (Blue Dog-NJ)- $1,559,959-- F• Haley Setevens (New Dem-MI)- $1,461,966-- F• Lauren Underwood (D-IL)- $1,436,761-- F• Cindy Axne (New Dem-IA)- $1,385,313-- F• Dana Balter (NY)- $1,362,961-- Lost• Abigail Spanberger (Blue Dog-VA)- $1,333,500-- F• Katie Porter (D-CA)- $1,289,315-- F• Dean Phillips (New Dem-MN)- $1,273,983-- F• Steven Horsford (New Dem-NV)- $1,165,611-- F• Jason Crow (New Dem-CO)- $1,078,673-- F
So far this year Pelosi's SuperPAC had raised-- as of the February 29 FEC reporting deadline-- $45,987,776. They handed out $2,500 to 43 incumbents who claim to be in danger. Almost all of them are terrible members of Congress. One example happens to be Jeff Van Drew, who was a Republican-lite Blue Dog at the time and soon after getting the check got rid of the "lite" and "Blue Dog" and officially joined the Republican Party. One of the things most of them have in common are grotesquely conservative voting records. These are the 42 who are still-- as of this writing-- in the Democratic Party, again with their ProgressivePunch voting score.
• Colin Allred (New Dem-TX)-- F• Cindy Axne (New Dem-IA)-- F• Antony Brindisi (Blue Dog-NY)-- F• Matt Cartwright (D-PA)-- A• Sean Casten (New Dem-IL)-- D• Gil Cisneros (New Dem-CA)-- F• TJ Cox (New Dem-CA)-- F• Angie Craig (New Dem-MN)-- F• Jason Crow (New Dem-CO)-- F• Sharice Davids (New Dem-KS)-- F• Antonio Delgado (D-NY)-- F• Abby Finkenauer (D-IA)-- F• Lizzie Fletcher (New Dem-TX)-- F• Jared Golden (D-ME)-- F• Josh Gottheimer (Blue Dog-NJ)-- F• Josh Harder (New Dem-CA)-- F• Jahana Hayes (D-CT)-- B• Katie Hill (New Dem-CA)-- F• Kendra Horn (Blue Dog-OK)-- F• Steven Horsford (New Dem-NV)-- F• Andy Kim (D-NJ)-- F• Conor Lamb (D-PA)-- F• Susie Lee (New Dem-NV)-- F• Mike Levin (D-CA)-- C• Elaine Luria (New Dem-VA)-- F• Tom Malinowski (New Dem-NJ)-- F• Ben McAdams (Blue Dog-UT)-- F• Lucy McGrath (New Dem-GA)-- F• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (New Dem-FL)-- D• Tom O'Halleran (Blue Dog-AZ)-- F• Chris Pappas (New Dem-NH)-- C• Katie Porter (D-CA)-- F• Max Rose (Blue Dog-NY)-- F• Harley Rouda (New Dem-CA)-- F• Kim Schrier (New Dem-WA)-- F• Mikie Sherrill (Blue Dog-NJ)-- F• Elissa Slotkin (New Dem-MI)-- F• Xochitl Torres Small (Blue Dog-NM)-- F• Abigail Spanberger (Blue Dog-VA)-- F• Haley Stevens (New Dem-MI)-- F• Lauren Underwood (D-IL)-- F• Susan Wild (New Dem-PA)-- F
The grades in red indicate that the member might as well join DCCC fave Jeff Van Drew in the Republican Party-- since they vote with the GOP so often. You may have noticed that none-- as in not one-- of the progressive freshmen is on the list, even though several have difficult and challenging reelections.Pelosi's PAC also spent $5401,839 trying to help the right of center candidate, Christy Smith, in the CA-25 primary.This week, the PAC booked $51 millions in TV ads for the November election, again, primarily going to conservative incumbents from the Republican wing of the party and almost entirely ignoring progressives (with the exception of Matt Cartwright).
• Minneapolis: $6,756,785 (not for Ilhan Omar, who is facing an avalanche of dirty money, but for two conservative New Dems, Angie Craig and multimillionaire Dean Phillips)• Philadelphia: $6,130,195 (for protecting Andy Kim, Madeleine Dean and possibly Chrissy Houlahan and Mary Gay Scanlon)• Atlanta: $4,485,505 (primarily to protect Lucy McBath and for whichever Democrat wins the GA-07 primary)• Detroit: $4,456,640 (not be helping to protect either Rashida Tlaib or Andy Levin, but just conservatives Haley Stevens and Elissa Slotkin)• Las Vegas: $3,493,525 (Susie Lee and Steven Horsford)• Miami: $3,290,080 (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and possibly Donna Shalala)• Cedar Rapids: $2,241,105 (Abby Finkenauer)• Houston: $2,205,190 (Lizzie Fletcher)• Boston: $1,965,310 (Chris Pappas)• San Antonio, Texas: $1,622,480 (challengers Gina Ortiz Jones and Wendy Davis)• Des Moines: $1,410,695 (Cindy Axne)• Portland: $1,313,085 (Jared Golden)• Wilkes-Barre: $1,401,735 (Matt Cartwright)• Dallas: $1,128,300 (Colin Allred)• Norfolk, Va: $1,116,650 (Elaine Luria)• Phoenix: $1,106,115 (Tom O'Halleran)• Richmond: $1,095,275 (Abigail Spanberger)• Pittsburgh: $1,014,970 (Conor Lamb)• Harrisburg: $975,620 (challenger Eugene DePasquale)• Lansing: $913,735 (Elissa Slotkin and possibly wretched Blue Dog challenger Gretchen Driskell)• Omaha: $895,940 (Cindy Axne)• Quad Cities: $845,760 (open blue seat)• Bangor: $751,650 (Jared Golden)• Rochester, MN: $486,915 (challenger Dan Feehan)• El Paso: $202,546- (Xochitl Torres Small)• Fargo: $200,580- (Colin Peterson)• Mankato: $122,515 (challenger Dan Freehan)• Presque Isle: $89,760- (Jared Golden)• Ottumwa, Iowa: $40,920- (open blue seat)
You know what's amazing about this list? Pelosi was a founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Bernie, and-- I shit you not-- long, long ago was actually a progressive and used progressives to build her power base. She is now literally an anti-progressive and nothing progressive will ever happen in the House until she retires or... whatever.
