A Democrat who’s currently running for a seat in Congress in New Jersey has been desperately attempting to position herself as being moderate instead of radical left as part of a strategy to boot out the current GOP congressman in a highly pro-Trump district, gave her social media accounts an enema, flushing away several social media posts that promoted progressive candidates and causes.
Democrat Rebecca Bennett, who is running her party’s primary in New Jersey to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. in the state’s 7th District, deleted a bunch of posts to appeal to more moderate voters who are sick and tired of radical liberalism destroying the country. Nothing says “authentic” like abandoning what you believe in to appeal to a wider base of people.
Bennett is a veteran of the Navy and a current member of the Air National Guard. Local media have been referring to her as a political moderate.
via Fox News:
A Fox News Digital review of Bennett’s X account, which was created in July 2011 and recently converted from @BigRedBecks to @RebeccaForNJ07, shows several deleted posts that seemingly drift away from the “moderate” label, including praise of progressive Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
“Love her,” Bennett said in a now-deleted post about Warren in 2019.”I love everything about this,” Bennett said in a now-deleted post praising a video mashup of Warren to the tune of a Taylor Swift song. “(Except the misogyny that makes it real…) #TeamWarren.”
Bennett has also removed posts praising former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was defeated by President Donald Trump, not only nationally, but also narrowly with voters in Kean’s district by just over one percentage point. “Let’s Goooooo,” Bennett wrote in a now-deleted post after Harris was announced as then-former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate in 2020.
If Bennett were to win the seat, she would serve alongside New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, whom she slobbered all over in 2020, calling him the “best senator.” That post has also magically disappeared into the ether of the internet.
Remember all of the looting, rioting, and violence that took place in 2020 after the death of George Floyd? Bennett created a Twitter post at the time saying she was in full agreement with a post from former Obama campaign strategist David Plouffe, who said House Democrats need to hold “hearings” and look into law enforcement officials responding to the chaos carried out by Black Lives Matter protesters.
“Officially a @JasonCrowCO6 fan,” Bennett posted on January 21, 2020 as the impeachment trial was unfolding where Crow ultimately voted to impeach. “I’m a vet who also didn’t have the equipment I needed to do my job, so this is personal for me too. #ImpeachmentTrial.”
Another little interesting tidbit, Bennett’s announcement video does not mention that she’s a Democrat.
In a statement delivered to the folks at Fox News Digital, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole remarked, “It’s clear Rebecca Bennett is desperately trying to run away from her past and cover up her radical, out of touch agenda.”
“But New Jersey voters see right through her act and know exactly who she is: a radical scam artist who can’t be trusted,” she added.
Bennett’s team replied to Fox News with a statement, but however, they failed to address the reason for the deletion of the posts.
“It’s no surprise to see the NRCC and conservative news outlets start attacking Rebecca, because they know she is a serious threat to beat Congressman Tom Kean next November and flip NJ7,” Dan Bryan, senior advisor to the Bennett campaign, stated in his response.
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