Iowa congressional candidate Lanon Baccam has run his campaign as a moderate Democrat, but the former Obama administration bureaucrat touted his progressive ideals at a far-left conference in 2018.
Baccam that year sat on a panel, “Rural ≠ White,” at the Netroots Nation convention, which bills itself as the “largest annual conference for progressives.” That year, the event featured Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Cory Booker (N.J.), as well as then-Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.). Vox described the convention as “Warrenmania.”
“Rural areas are ripe for big gains for Democrats and progressives, and having this conversation about how rural is not white will show us a way in which we can organize and do outreach to rural areas into a community that will be sympathetic and empathetic to our causes and our issues,” Baccam said ahead of the panel.
“Making sure we tell our story, spread our message, and have that hard conversation that people don’t want to have in these rural areas is key,” he continued. “And you’d be surprised how many people will be willing to support folks who are progressive and have our types of ideals.” […]
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