It’s Milk Carton Mary in Chi-Town this week.
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola and a handful of other Democrats who are too fearful to show up to support their presidential nominee in Chicago have become the subject of a billboard being driven around the downtown convention area of the Windy City, where the Democratic National Convention starts today.
The National Republican Congressional Committee doesn’t want Democrats to forget that Peltola is their fair-weather friend, and will not be seen with her fellow delegates in Chicago, even though she is an Alaska delegate and the highest elected Democrat from the 49th state. She’s also the darling of the Democratic Party because of her half-Native heritage. Today, she’s an indigenous woman who is simply gone missing in Chicago.
Along with Peltola, four other Democrats in Congress are staying away from Chicago because they are in tough races. They include:
- Yadira Caraveo (CO-08)
- Matt Cartwright (PA-08)
- Jared Golden (ME-02)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
“These swing-district Democrat frauds want to pretend like they won’t be enablers of San Francisco liberal Kamala Harris’ dangerous agenda if reelected,” said NRCC Communications Director Jack Pandol. “Yet despite not being in Chicago, they support everything Kamala Harris stands for with their voting records.”
Last year in August, Peltola also went missing, telling Alaskans she was traveling the state, but actually showing up in places like Colorado for fundraisers for Democrats. Her Aug. 29, 2023 town hall was done via Zoom from somewhere.
This year, however, she doesn’t want to be seen with Democrats during the days leading up to the Alaska primary, Aug. 20.