{"id":577148,"date":"2021-06-30T10:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577148"},"modified":"2021-06-30T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:20:31","slug":"jim-clyburn-wades-into-ohio-special-election-to-oppose-bernie-sanders-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-clyburn-wades-into-ohio-special-election-to-oppose-bernie-sanders-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Clyburn Wades Into Ohio Special Election To Oppose Bernie Sanders Ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-clyburn-wades-into-ohio-special-election-to-oppose-bernie-sanders-ally%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn endorsed Shontel Brown in the special election in Ohio\u2019s 11th District, bucking progressive Nina Turner in what has become an extremely high-profile primary.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn\u2019s endorsement is powerful given his status as the third-ranking House Democrat. Turner, who is widely seen as the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/15\/nina-turner-announces-ohio-congressional-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frontrunner<\/a>, previously co-chaired Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 2020 presidential campaign, and has the packing of many prominent progressives. 13 Democrats are already vying for the nomination in the deep blue Cleveland seat.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/29\/us\/politics\/jim-clyburn-nina-turner.html?referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told The New York Times<\/a> that his decision to endorse Brown had little to do with Turner herself, but rather the damage that progressive slogans like \u201cMedicare for All and \u201cdefund the police\u201d have done to Democrats and could do in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn\u2019s endorsement of Brown further pits moderates against progressives in the race. Brown has endorsements from prominent Democrats including Hillary Clinton and Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, while Turner boasts endorsements from Sanders, former mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, and every member of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-endorses-candidate-compared-voting-biden-eating-bowl-nina-turner-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squad<\/a>\u201d on Capitol Hill. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/27\/bernie-campaign-co-chair-voting-for-biden-eating-bowl-of-shit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Nina Turner: Voting For Biden Is Like \u2018Eating A Bowl Of Sh**)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7226863\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7226863\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7226863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-168x120.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-620x443-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-768x549-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-1536x1098-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-2047x1464-1.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7226863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Nina Turner campaigns for Sen. Bernie Sanders in February 2020. (Melissa Sue Gerrits\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat I try to do is demonstrate by precept and example how we are to proceed as a party,\u201d Clyburn said.&nbsp;\u201cWhen I spoke out against sloganeering, like \u2018Burn, baby, burn\u2019 in the 1960s and \u2018defund the police,\u2019 which I think is cutting the throats of the party, I know exactly where my constituents are. They are against that, and I\u2019m against that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner, however, seemed undeterred after Clyburn\u2019s endorsement. \u201cOhio voters know the politics of yesterday are incapable of delivering the change we desperately need,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ninaturner\/status\/1409992730953105410?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> in response.<\/p>\n<p>One local poll found Turner with 50% support compared to Brown\u2019s 15%. Given Cleveland\u2019s overwhelmingly Democratic electorate, whoever wins the Aug. 3 primary will enter November\u2019s general election as the wide favorite against any Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Now-Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge won reelection to the seat in 2020 with over 80% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn endorsed Shontel Brown in the special election in Ohio\u2019s 11th District, bucking progressive Nina Turner in what has become an extremely high-profile primary.Clyburn\u2019s endorsement is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313719,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Jim Clyburn Wades Into Ohio Special Election To Oppose Bernie Sanders Ally","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1200821272-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Jim Clyburn Wades Into Ohio Special Election To Oppose Bernie Sanders Ally","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}