First, why is she waiting this late? Had she announced earlier, she probably could have headed off the full steam of endorsements John Whitmire already has, like SJL's Congresscritter colleague Sylvia Garcia. Now, she doesn't have to resign her Congressional seat to run, so waiting isn't fatal, but if she really wanted this position, she's kind of behind the curve.
Second, if she is elected, voters in her Congressional district could do better than this pergressuve, as I said on Twitter, but probably won't.
As for the "could do better"? If you're one of those people who overrates Sheila Jackson Less as a pergressuve, especially on foreign policy, let me help you out.
In 2005, she had a chance to support a House "let's leave Iraq now" motion, and of course refused.
A year ago May, she joined all Democrats in running Warmonger Joe's blank checks to Ukraine up the flagpole. She and a majority of the Progressive Caucus then caved to Warmonger Joe late last summer. (Oh, and on that one, SJL is one of Jayapal's vice chairs, so a leader of the cave-in.)
Domestically, not always perfect, either. In 2013, refused to sign a letter to Dear Leader from the Pergressuve Cocks which opposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Also, per her Wiki page, she's a grifter with oft-questionable ethics who also appears to be anti-worker, given the way she runs off staff members.
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