The United Farm Workers on Tuesday announced its endorsement of President Joe Biden for reelection, saying that the Democrat has proven throughout his life to be an ā€œauthentic championā€ for workers and their families, regardless of race or national origin.

The farm workersā€™ union was co-founded by Cesar Chavez, the late grandfather of Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who Biden named as his 2024 campaign manager. Her father, Arturo Rodriquez, is a past UFW president.

Julie Rodriguez and ā€œspecial guestsā€ were expected to formally announce the endorsement later Tuesday at Muranaka Farms in the city of Moorpark in southern California.

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    At least Sinema kicked herself out of the democratic party so they didnā€™t have to bother primarying her out.

    If she had stayed in the party, the party would not primary her. The party protects incumbents from primary challengers.

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      The party doesnā€™t primary her, another candidate does, and then we all vote on it. Iā€™m not disagreeing with you here, and of course a party generally protects incumbents, theyā€™re easier to get re elected. Doesnā€™t mean people still canā€™t vote against them in the primary anyways and defeat a party admin preferred incumbent. I would also argue that Sinema leaving was an admission even the party admin was going to say, no fuck you. But again itā€™s the primary election that decides, so go support progressives in the primary so you have a good candidate to vote for in the general.

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        Iā€™m not disagreeing with you here, and of course a party generally protects incumbents, theyā€™re easier to get re elected.

        The party supported an anti-choice candidate over a progressive and used incumbency as an excuse. If they have no standards at all beyond ā€œsupport incumbentā€ then thatā€™s what I will continue expecting them to do.

        Doesnā€™t mean people still canā€™t vote against them in the primary anyways and defeat a party admin preferred incumbent.

        The deck is already stacked against the challenger because incumbents have advantage. The party doesnā€™t need to weigh in, but challengers tend to be progressive.

        But again itā€™s the primary election that decides, so go support progressives in the primary

        Did you laugh like an atheist in a Jack Chick tract after typing that?