breaking News: Welcome To Congress Joe Cunningham! - News Paper

Joe Cunningham won in a heavily Republican district in South Carolina.

Representative-elect Joe Cunningham beat Republican Katie Arrington who survived a nearly fatal car wreck. Cunningham, a political novice was a Democrat who ended up winning a district Trump carried by 40 points. A district that was heavily redistricted to be in the Republicans favor.

"You can count on me to always stand up for what is right, even if that means standing up to my own party when they’re wrong," he says in introducing himself. "Politics has simply become a game of 'us versus them,' and I’m running because I’m tired of that game. In my life, I’ve learned that if you want to get things done, you have to work with one another, not against one another."

Cunningham won by amassing a huge lead in Charleston County and then hung on as Arrington took the vote in the district's other four counties, according to unofficial returns.

According to those returns, Cunningham collected 144,828 votes, or 50.62 percent, to Arrington's 140,792 votes, or 49.21 percent.

State lawmaker Katie Arrington was defeated in a shocking upset against Joe Cunningham.

A district was carried by Tim Scott, the current Republican senator and Mark Sanford, the twice disgraced lawmaker who left his wife for an Argentine broadcaster. He made up a lie saying he walked the Appalachian Trail.

Katie Arrington, a South Carolina state lawmaker usurped Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) after Donald J. Trump gave his endorsement to her.

Two weeks later. Arrington was seriously injured when her vehicle was hit by a drunk driver. Her campaign manager was badly injured as well.

She recovered but has to use a cane when walking.

Sanford had declined to endorse her campaign in the final weeks. She got hit over her support for off-shore drilling and flimsy record as a lawmaker. She was hoping voters would sympathize with her because she was an accident victim.

Mark Sanford dissed Katie Arrington.

There's a major feud now between Arrington and Sanford. In her concession speech, she blamed Sanford for his tepid response to her and lack of endorsement.

Sanford is considering a run in 2020 to retake the seat.

In the meantime, Joe Cunningham will get the ground running. He wants to keep healthcare, fix broken roads, waterways and take care of the middle class. He also said that he won't endorse a Nancy Pelosi speakership.

Welcome to the club. You will join Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Lucy McBath, Antonio Delgado, Ann Kirkpatrick, Xochitl Torres Small, Susan Wild, Conor Lamb, Jennifer Wexton, Michael San Nicholas, Lauren Underwood, Cindy Axne, Sharice Davids, Abbu Finkenauer. Ayanna Pressley, Elissa Slotkin, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Dean Phillips, Angie Craig, Veronica Escobar, Lizzie Fletcher, Madeleine Dean, and Kendra Horn.

Reminder, most Republicans will mention Nancy Pelosi or George Soros in their opening statements, debate retorts and policy proposals. It's another sexist and anti-Semitic attack on two people vilified by the right wing carnival barkers.





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breaking News: Welcome To Congress Joe Cunningham! - News Paper