 Joe Biden has named Marcia fudge from Ohio to be the HUD secretary now the reason why this is important news For you for me for the left isn't necessarily because I have a strong opinion about Marcia fudge either way But because of who might be running to replace her Reportedly the individual considering running for Marcia fudge's old seat is None other than Nina Turner If this is true, I Cannot tell you how big of a deal this would be for the left and progressive movement a lot of signs and evidence point to this being True although Nina Turner hasn't confirmed anything yet However, there's a lot of reasons to believe that this is going to happen So as Holly Otter been an Alex Thompson of Politico report former Ohio State senator and top Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner Is contemplating a run for representative Marcia fudge's seat if Joe Biden brings the Ohio member of Congress into his administration According to two people close to Turner reached by phone Turner was Koi Currently there is no vacancy in the district and if it becomes vacant things will unfold as they should she said pressed on whether She was considering a run Turner said well, there's been an outcry for me to at least consider it You know, I'm a public servant through and through but I'm just going to leave it there for now She's not saying much But her response tells us a lot now on top of that the author of this article one of them Anyways, I tweeted this out Nina Turner has filed with the FEC for fudges seat in Ohio reached by phone She says she has nothing to add. I'm in my 48 hours. She said but when I reached the campaign treasurer on the FEC form They said they'd pass along my message to quote to the campaign This is happening This is happening and I could barely contain my excitement. I feel the way I felt Back in I think it was February of 2019 when Bernie Sanders announced that he was running for president again This genuinely gives me hope in a way that I haven't felt Since that that time and this is really important Nina Turner is someone who Wouldn't just be another progressive in Congress She is a leader of this movement and she could be the leader of this movement Now the reason why her running is important is because she has a really strong shot at winning First of all, she has access to a lot of Bernie Sanders staffers that would likely very willingly jump on board On top of that all of the infrastructure that Bernie Sanders built up around, you know grassroots fundraising all of the donors that Bernie Sanders had would almost certainly Support Nina Turner. I know I would the minute she announces I'm gonna sign up to donate 27 bucks a month to her as I did with Bernie Sanders so There's a lot that She has going for her to win this seat I don't know what the primary is going to look like I can imagine that the Democratic Party establishment may try to You know a recruit individuals to run against her because they don't want Nina Turner to win But Nina Turner is Nina Turner if you're running against her good luck Good luck And you know Nina Turner is someone who I think that as it is now She's qualified to run for president if she wanted it But I think this is actually a really important step if she ever wants to seek out the presidency because one it'll bolster the Experience that she already has I'm not necessarily worried that the establishment is going to attack her for not being experienced because you know as a state senator you do have a lot of experience and After so many people in the Democratic Party supported Pete put a judge a mayor of South Bend, Indiana I mean you can't say that he's experienced, but Nina Turner is not so that's not necessarily what I'm worried about But what I like is that this gives her the opportunity to kind of pave her own path Because right now she's associated with Bernie Sanders when you think of Nina Turner You think about Bernie Sanders and it's important for her to establish her own national profile in This way right because there is a lot of baggage with Bernie Sanders for whatever reason a lot of people don't like Bernie Sanders And part of this is propaganda because of the media and even some individuals who like AOC dislike Bernie Sanders So if Nina Turner can kind of create a name for herself nationally, that's not associated with Bernie Sanders I think this can help her because Bernie Sanders ran for president twice and you know He he lost both times so that association I don't necessarily think it would hurt her But it would help her to kind of create a name for herself That doesn't include Bernie Sanders like we don't want to think of her as a Bernie Sanders surrogate We want to think of Nina Turner as Nina Turner and I know that the Sanders supporters do myself I think of her as the leader of this movement But we need America to see her as a leader and if they saw her in Congress saw the things that she could accomplish The things that she'd be able to do That would really help her chances if she wanted to run for president, but whatever she wants to do I'm on board with it. I support whatever she wants. She wants to run for Congress. I'm there if she wants to run for president in 2024 I'm there too. I think that Nina Turner is someone who is so unique and so special to this movement that what she does Could literally determine the future of the leftist movement the progressive movement in America That's how meaningful her presence is so this honestly this news made my day I know it made your day to probably when you heard this, but when I when I actually saw this I thought oh my god This is actually a reason to be hopeful because part of the reason why I was so depressed after Bernie Sanders dropped out was because I mean Who else is going to take his place Bernie Sanders? He's not young and I don't know who wants to step up I mean we have AOC potentially wanting to run for president maybe in the future But would she actually want to do that? Oh, she's not gonna be old enough. I don't think by 2024 we need like a lot of folks who would be interested in running and The person who keeps coming up in my mind to continue on Bernie Sanders legacy and Be the new leader of this movement is Nina Turner like anytime I try to put someone else in that place It doesn't fit properly because she's the one she's always been the one So this news is encouraging to me because it's not just about this one seat Marcia fudges old seat this is about the long term health and You know relevance quite frankly of the progressive left in America and if she is able to win this Which I think she'd have a great chance at it We'd be really We'd be on a good path going forward, so I I'm over the moon about this news Of course, it's not official yet And I don't want to step on her toes by like talking about this when she hasn't even announced But there's a lot of evidence on a lot of talk around her and just the fact that there's this much Noise around her possibly running it kind of shows you that people know that this individual is A powerhouse right Nina Turner running for Congress I mean who is gonna want to run against her? That's just You're gonna get decimated you know so for someone to step up and run for Congress if Anyone needed to be there it would be someone like Nina Turner who we need as a fighter But again, it's not just about her role in Congress This is about the future and where she's going to go and when it comes to Nina Turner Sky is the limit, honestly, so I'm thrilled I'll you know reserve my excitement until she actually makes it official and announces because I feel like I Don't want to get my hopes up and this isn't real You know she maybe she's making the moves, but ultimately changes her mind, but if she wants to run she has my Absolute full support. I think that that goes without saying I think Everyone was supporting in a turner who supported Bernie Sanders, so yeah Nina Turner might Run for Congress or will very likely run for Congress Yeah, I like that