A Bucks County Progressive Reflects on the 2022 Midterm Elections
Steve Cickay
November 16, 2022
We may have dodged a bullet, but the GOP gun is still loaded with democracy, women’s rights, and public education perpetually on the firing line.
We may have dodged a bullet, but the GOP gun is still loaded with democracy, women’s rights, and public education perpetually on the firing line.
The Trump-backed Republican outspent Democratic challenger Ehasz by more than 3 to 1.
The GOP’s opposition to affordable health insurance through the Affordable Care Act has long been documented.
Understand that Trump and MAGA don’t want to win elections. They want to seize power.
Undated mail ballots, Philadelphia counting process could underlie objections and court challenges in the weeks after Election Day.
The end result could be “a constitutional crisis.”
Democrat Ehasz pledges to fight for women’s abortion rights, make herself accessible to the public and press, defend public education, and champion other issues that set her clearly apart from Trump-backed Republican incumbent Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
Lessons from the January 6th hearings in the run-up to next week’s election.
Votes against women, stolen political signs, and questionable campaign contacts plague the Congressman’s bid for re-election.
Experts warn these candidates, if elected in November, threaten the future of American democracy.
Why would someone who insists he is a “moderate” lie about his record? Probably because the truth tells a different story.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, like all of his Republican colleagues, voted against the Child Tax Credit, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other social programs that help families cope with rising prices.
PA01 deserves brave, authentic, relatable, battle-tested leadership.
The Republican incumbent is not the type of congressman the LGBTQ community in Pennsylvania’s First District can afford right now, especially as the nation finds itself amid a growing reactionary anti-LGBTQ backlash.
The Democratic congressional candidate hits a home run by meeting personally with voters – a tradition long abandoned by the anti-choice Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick.
Don’t mourn, organize!
Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick not only voted to keep migrant kids in cages, but he consistently sides with corporations over workers and consumers.
Republicans like Brian Fitzpatrick have ensured that today women do not have the same rights as their mothers or grandmothers. This has sparked a call to action for the November election and beyond.