{"id":909586,"date":"2021-10-22T10:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=909586"},"modified":"2021-10-22T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T14:58:57","slug":"schumer-endorses-socialist-in-buffalo-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-endorses-socialist-in-buffalo-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Endorses Socialist In Buffalo Mayoral Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fschumer-endorses-socialist-in-buffalo-mayoral-race%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=909586&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday endorsed India Walton, a democratic socialist, to be the next mayor of Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Buffalo voters start to head to the polls this weekend, I urge them to cast their ballot for India Walton as the next mayor of Buffalo,\u201d Schumer, a Democrat from New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/government-and-politics\/schumer-endorses-walton-for-buffalo-mayor\/article_71070670-32b4-11ec-91f9-8fbdbc737039.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> The Buffalo News. \u201cIndia is an inspiring community leader, mother, nurse and a lifelong Buffalonian with a clear progressive vision for her hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer\u2019s endorsement is the most high-profile one Walton has received. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, another democratic socialist, called Walton\u2019s nomination an \u201cimportant step forward for the working people of Buffalo\u201d in June, but other New York Democrats, including Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Brian Higgins, who represents Buffalo in the House, have stayed silent.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/socialist-on-track-buffalo-mayor-defeating-democratic-incumbent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democratic Socialist Stuns Incumbent Mayor In Buffalo\u2019s Primary Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.8727915194346\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Indiawaltonbflo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Indiawaltonbflo<\/a> and congratulated her on a great victory. Her win in the mayoral primary is an important step forward for the working people of Buffalo, and shows the political power of an agenda that puts people first.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1408486649256873987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schumer said that \u201cthe Democratic Party is a big tent and is strongest and most able to build national majorities and bring meaningful change when it is inclusive,\u201d adding that the \u201cbig tent\u201d applied his own Senate caucus as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my career, I have worked long, hard, and diligently to bring federal resources to Western New York and I look forward to doing that with India Walton for the betterment of the people of Buffalo,\u201d Schumer said.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/04\/democratic-voters-rejecting-candidates-far-left-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democratic Voters Keep Rejecting Candidates With Far-Left Ideas)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walton stunned four-term Democratic Mayor Byron Brown in Buffalo\u2019s June primary. The now-Democratic nominee is the overwhelming favorite to be elected in November, and if she wins, she would be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalony.gov\/670\/History-of-Mayors\">first female mayor<\/a> in the city\u2019s history once she takes office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/opinion\/columnists\/analysis-the-mayoral-debate-that-wont-be\/article_4a92c262-c48d-11eb-9c90-cb22141204ab.html\">declined<\/a> to debate Walton in the weeks before the primary, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/byronbrown.com\/\">now running<\/a> as a third-party candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/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>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday endorsed India Walton, a democratic socialist, to be the next mayor of Buffalo.\u201cAs Buffalo voters start to head to the polls this weekend, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-909586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909586","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=909586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}