{"id":1974,"date":"2019-11-26T09:30:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2019-11-26T02:34:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:34:13","slug":"california-democratic-party-endorses-far-left-georgette-gomez-for-53rd-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1974","title":{"rendered":"California Democratic Party Endorses Far-Left Georgette G\u00f3mez for 53rd Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgette G\u00f3mez, a former Green Party member, recently won the California Democratic Party\u2019s endorsement for the 53rd congressional district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEarning the endorsement of the Democratic Party is more than an honor \u2014 it\u2019s a clear signal that Democrats are united behind our campaign to get the focus in Washington back on the priorities that matter to working people,\u201d stated G\u00f3mez. \u201cMy life\u2019s work has been fighting for fairness and opportunity for San Diego\u2019s working families, and that\u2019s what my campaign for Congress is all about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lies further left on the political spectrum than many mainstream Democrats, but the endorsement isn\u2019t surprising, given the newfound habit of Party delegates to endorse the more progressive candidate out of the Democratic pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>G<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00f3mez notably supported the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2019\/10\/democrats-are-saving-the-world-one-900000-bus-at-a-time\/\">$900,000<\/a> &#8220;eco-friendly&#8221; bus program, that is not actually very eco-friendly or econ-friendly, for that matter. This suggests that she has not abandoned her Green Party roots, but she is in full lockstep with the Democratic Party on nonsensical and unserious policies like the <a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/wire\/study-estimates-green-new-deal-cost-93-trillion-\u2014-thats-conservative-estimate\">$93 trillion<\/a> Green New Deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zero Emissions buses are on a route near you! Spotted this one in Barrio Logan this morning. <\/p>\n<p>Another way <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sdmts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sdmts<\/a> is making decisions for cleaner air &amp; reducing climate changing vehicle emissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9LeqxF78mn\">pic.twitter.com\/9LeqxF78mn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Georgette G\u00f3mez (@GGomezEJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GGomezEJ\/status\/1191783894216929280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite claiming that her life\u2019s work has been to improve the livelihood of working families, G\u00f3mez supports policies that hurt taxpayer wallets, especially those in the pockets of the middle class. If elected to Congress, she will continue to support policies that waste our hard-earned money. After all, what else are Democrats good for?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgette G\u00f3mez, a former Green Party member, recently won the California Democratic Party\u2019s endorsement for the 53rd congressional district. \u201cEarning the endorsement of the Democratic Party is more than an honor \u2014 it\u2019s a clear signal that Democrats are united behind our campaign to get the focus in Washington back on the priorities that matter&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>California Democratic Party Endorses Far-Left Georgette G\u00f3mez for 53rd Congressional District - 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