Democrats Endorse Blackface-Wearing Candidate Against A Black Progressive

Establishment Democrats are doubling-down on gambling with our democracy as they thought it'd be a great idea to prop up a racist conservative Democrat, who has worn blackface before, as the challenging candidate to run against progressive Jennifer Rourke in Rhode Island's state senate. Rourke is the same candidate who was physically assaulted by a former Republican opponent last month while speaking at an abortion rights rally. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

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"Jennifer Rourke, a candidate for Rhode Island State Senate, was violently attacked by her Republican opponent last month after giving a speech at an abortion rights rally. Jeann Lugo, an off-duty cop running for state office as a Republican, punched Rourke in the face twice and was charged with assault and disorderly conduct. “This is what it is to be a Black woman running for office. I won’t give up,” Rourke tweeted at the time. Lugo went on to drop out of the race, as did Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey, the conservative Democratic incumbent that Rourke was challenging.

But Rhode Island Democratic Party leaders helped another conservative Democrat get on the ballot to run against Rourke in the 29th Senate District race. Rourke is now facing a challenge from Michael Carreiro, who wore blackface and appears to be a fan of Tucker Carlson. State Democratic party leaders haven’t just refused to support Rourke over Carreiro — they actually went out of their way to help Carreiro get on the ballot, collecting signatures on his behalf after it was revealed he wore blackface."

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