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The frontrunner for a Pennsylvania House seat is a Democratic socialist backed by Senators Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., whose political path mirrors that of far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Summer Lee, a progressive Democrat, is running to replace retiring Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Penn., who has served in Congress since 1995.
Lee has openly endorsed several socialist policies — including the redistribution of wealth — as well as controversial progressive policies like abolishing prisons.
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HARRISBURG, PA – FEBRUARY 21: Pennsylvania state House Rep. Summer Lee is photographed at the Pennsylvania State Capitol on Thursday, February 21, 2019, in Harrisburg, PA.
(Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“Instead of ‘thanking’ Black women, Black voters, and especially, Black organizers… give us the investments we need and deserve, redistribute wealth, ends police violence, abolish the carceral state, commit to building Black directed political power… and reparations,” Lee tweeted in November 2020.
Similar to her rhetoric, Lee’s career as a state representative draws comparisons between her and Ocasio-Cortez: both women defeated long-established members of their respective governing bodies in 2018 and ran on similar progressive platforms.
Ocasio-Cortez defeated former Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., whom many predicted would become Speaker of the House before his surprise primary upset, to secure her seat in Congress. Lee also defeated a long-standing incumbent, primarying Democrat former Pennsylvania state Rep. Paul Costa and ending his two-decade career in the state legislature.
Additionally, Lee’s platform runs in the same circle as the “Squad” leader herself, pushing “Medicare for All,” tacking “justice” onto several of her progressive policies to…
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