Does her campaign know who lives in her district?
I got called tonight from Washington ??DC?? by a Pramila Jayapal volunteer trying to get me to sign up.
I told the volunteer I had been interested in working for the campaign because I have been impressed by Ms. Jayapal’s abilities in organizing divers communities in her current job as a state senator for the 37th state district. But, I explained, I could not sign on for the campaign because I had tried unsuccessfully to contact the campaign to learn more about positions that affect the 7th District .. as opposed to Pramila’s 9th District home. Of course these two congressional districts are very different!
The volunteer got flustered and told me to read the website. I have.
The website is all centered around issues that center on the ninth … racism, jobs, migration, minimum wage , crime .. issues important in a “people of color” district. I too care about those issues but Pramila seems unaware that the 7th is not a home for Sudanese and Guatemalan immigrants. This is downtown Seattle and its near-in suburbs full of old money and young wannabes. CD 7 is home to Amazon, UW, Expedia, the hospital industrial complex, the waterfront, etc. Huge congressional issues like housing, internet freedom internet taxes, transportation, H1 visas … none of these seem to have gotten to her.