There has been talk about how Progressive Rep. Lopes was while he was in the House. Let's take a closer look at just HOW Progressive former Rep. Lopes really is....
Aside from his being the Coordinator of the Tucson Progressive Democrats of America.....
(Progressive Democrats of America was founded in 2004 to transform
the Democratic Party and our country.)
One video of former Rep. Lopes shows him speaking at a Tucson Progressives Conference in April 2011. He says,
We want to try to move the Democratic agenda in our
Progressive, Liberal direction. We have
1. Co sponsored the End the Wars Peace march
2. Co sponsored the Solidarity MLK march
3. Worked with Moveon.org on their event supporting the Wisconsin workers
4. Peace Fair/Parade honoring Cesar Chavez
5. Again with Moveon.org, we did a protest of Bank of America
6. Wrote a letter to Pima County Board of Supervisors opposing their action to remove retirees under sixty-five years of age from their HMO plan
7. Co hosted with the Arizona Advocacy Network to save Arizona Clean Elections
8. Participated in events related to the Senator Pearce recall
He then introduced Senator Grijalva who at one point stated that there would be a Congressional Progressive Caucus tour which would go to cities around the country and
talk about the budget, talk about jobs and beat up on the opposition......so we're gonna make crow.
This was a video of Rep. Lopes at a recent Progressive Democrats of Arizona Caucus in January 2012. Also in attendance were Fred Barlam (with Randy Parraz's group Citizens for a Better Arizona and donor to Jerry Lewis), Carolyn Cooper (also with Parraz's group), and Todd Landfried (Spokesman for Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform and Jerry Lewis supporter).
He offered advice to those in attendance. He said,
How do we energize, motivate our 800 plus members? There's one thing we can all do relatively easily and that is when you have a parade of candidates coming up here, think about the issues that are important to Progressives. Think about Medicare for all. Think about publicly financed elections. Think about clean energy and clean air and think about getting out of Afghanistan....the better question should be
'WILL YOU VOTE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL...SINGLE PAYER?'
DEMAND AN ANSWER!
'WILL YOU VOTE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL...SINGLE PAYER?'
DEMAND AN ANSWER!
Good advice. I think those who have the opportunity, should ask the same of Republican candidates, including Kirk Adams, Jeff Flake, Steve Chucri and Don Stapley.
WILL YOU VOTE AGAINST ANY COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILLS?
WILL YOU NOT SUPPORT ANY FORM OF NON-BINDING IMMIGRATION COMPACT OR ACCORD?
