As Trump mulls his #VP #pick, an #abortionrights #group #warns about '#extremist' #candidates.

#EmilysList #President #JessicaMackler said #voters are living in a "state of #chaos and #cruelty" because of #Trump's #record on #reproductiverights.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-vp-pick-abortion-rights-emilys-list-extremist-candidates-rcna148325

"source w/knowledge of the layoffs...said Butler billed the layoffs as...a change in the organization’s scope & scale, but that they signaled a major shift in priorities away from outreach to grassroots candidates in...critical election year."

Butler's Senate appt came <month after #EMILYsList "cut 5 staff members from the training & community engagement team, which ran outreach to grassroots candidates & voters; 2 people from the digital team; & [1] person on the state & local campaigns team"

@blogdiva

I doubt #KatiePorter will even say anything about this travesty of corruption & back room dealing on this appointment, because she probably owes her first election to the House to #EMILYslist. #DisappointedInAdvance

(Their PAC) "Women Vote! dropped nearly a quarter of a million dollars to support Porter in California [in the primary for her first congressional race], an amount Min’s campaign couldn’t keep pace with"

Reminder that Schiff, whose rich, powerful white allies lobbied #GavinNewsom to exclude #BarbaraLee from consideration for this appointment (in spite of her unparalleled qualifications, lauded by the Congressional Black Caucus in a letter to Newsom) - claiming that a temporary appointment would give her an "unfair advantage" over him - has $32 million versus her $1m.

#EMILYsList was created to address this barrier to women.

Here's what its President, Butler, says:
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1037120336/how-does-the-new-leader-of-emilys-list-plan-to-get-democratic-women-elected