The Congressional Black Caucus is defending 4th-term Rep. Joyce Beatty against a progressive challenger, Morgan Harper, in Tuesday's Ohio primary
Senior black Democrats are mounting an aggressive defense of Rep. Joyce Beatty in Tuesday's delayed Ohio primary, hoping to quash not only her left-wing primary challenger but the liberal insurgents gunning for a number of their colleagues.
Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, a former CBC chairman, is among several top Democrats who has helped marshal support for Beatty from both Washington and Ohio in recent months, frustrated by liberal outsiders with lengthy progressive wish lists seeking to oust party elders. Richmond, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Val Demings called into Beatty’s virtual get-out-the-vote event Sunday. Richmond praised Beatty’s commitment to the CBC and her work in Congress, particularly on the Financial Services Committee for which she chairs the subcommittee on diversity and inclusion.
“We worked hard,” Meeks said in an interview. “We’ve done it the old-fashioned way. And so, for people who seem to come out of nowhere, who have done nothing, have nothing to show for, to say, ‘We’re just going to challenge you for the sake of challenging you.’ Does that make sense?” As someone who spent time in foster care, Harper argued that opportunity for economic mobility is diminishing in central Ohio under Beatty’s leadership. HerBeatty, the first female Democratic leader in the state House and a former top official at Ohio State University, bristled at the suggestion that she lacks progressive credentials, pointing to her support for “Medicare for All” and her involvement in the Green New Deal for public housing.
The race between Beatty and Harper — whose campaign has been amplified by Justice Democrats — is a top priority for the CBC, which has long accused the liberal group of targeting lawmakers of color.Justice Democrats who is challenging Rep. Joyce Beatty in the primary. | Paul Vernon/AP Photo
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