FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, September 13, 2018
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: TEDRA COBB IS THE ONLY CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IN AMERICA WHO CAN’T IDENTIFY A SINGLE POLICY ISSUE SHE WILL PURSUE IF ELECTED
Less than 60 days before Election Day, embattled Democrat Tedra Cobb has long proven the worst congressional candidate in America. This week, Cobb admitted it.
Abandoned by her own party against opponent Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whom she admitted served as a “rising star in the Republican Party,” Tedra Cobb officially accepted her place as the only North Country congressional candidate to publicly declare specific policy proposals off limits, prompting a top North Country political reporter to declare:
“This is the first time I’ve interviewed a politician who repeatedly declined to discuss specific policy or outline a broad ideological vision if elected.”
(https://twitter.com/pmdemola/status/1040067402363494400)
TEDRA COBB IN HER OWN WORDS:
· “…Cobb declined to identify a specific policy that she would pursue if elected and takes office in a Democratic-controlled House.” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
· “But despite making health care a campaign centerpiece, Cobb on Friday declined to definitively embrace a specific policy proposal designed to further a solution if elected…” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
· Asked if she planned on rolling out any new policy proposals during the two-month sprint to the general election, Cobb said, ‘If that comes forward, and it fits the values, then I would support that.’” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
· “…the candidate stopped short of offering specific policy solutions as her campaign chugs towards the Nov. 6 finish line.” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
· (ON WHAT SHE WOULD DO IF ELECTED): “’What can I do on day one? I can be who I am and who I was as a county legislator, and make a commitment to work with other people…’” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
· “The candidate is emerging from a turbulent summer largely dominated by media coverage of a secret video shot by a Republican operative that captured the candidate telling teenage supporters while she is in favor of an assault weapons ban, she cannot say so at the risk of alienating voters.
· In the aftermath, Cobb’s campaign manager departed and the candidate has held few press events (and has issued no formal policy statements) as the GOP pummels her daily on transparency and her record as a two-term St. Lawrence County lawmaker.” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
· “’Stefanik campaign spokesman Lenny Alcivar has repeatedly said Cobb is running the ‘worst Democratic House campaign in America,’ citing the lack of DCCC support paired with what Republicans contend is uneven messaging and operational weaknesses. Stefanik has also dwarfed Cobb in fundraising, boasting a 17-to-1 war chest over Cobb in July.”
· ‘I don’t know Lenny Alcivar, but his talking point is that I’m the worst candidate ever because I don’t have the DCCC,’ Cobb said. My rebuttal is Elise Stefanik is the Republican Party. She ran as the rising star in the Republican Party.’” https://bit.ly/2N8IVFv
In fairness, Cobb has technically offered ONE policy solution for education and population control: Soap Operas:
· “Brazil is a great example of not why, but how population is changing, and it is through soap operas,’ Democrat Tedra Cobb said at an April 30 forum…‘Does anyone remember Dallas?” https://nyp.st/2OiFE2O
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