FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday/October 17, 2017
Berniecrat U.S. Senate Challenger David Hildebrand Declares CA ‘Anti-Corporate’ Progressives Not Interested in Kevin de León Any More Than Incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein
SACRAMENTO – Berniecrat and candidate for U.S. Senate in California David Hildebrand Tuesday challenged the just-announced candidacy of Kevin de León, declaring that “anti-corporate” progressives wouldn’t and shouldn’t be interested de León any more than corporate incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Mr. Hildebrand, a pro-labor Democratic Socialist from Sacramento, released this statement:
“Kevin de Leon gets large corporate donations from the same donors as Dianne Feinstein. I fail to see how any anti-corporate progressive would be interested in his candidacy. Like Feinstein, he is benefiting from a Super PAC. As a people’s campaign, we continue to reject corporate donations and will never have a Super PAC.
“I promised my supporters I will be in the race until the end, because working families deserve representation, and they are not currently receiving any. Kevin de Leon’s entrance doesn’t change anything.
“The decisive factor that will determine who fights for the people of California will be clear when the fourth quarter financial reports come out. They will show that I continue to refuse corporate donations. I doubt the same will be true of other candidates in this race.”
Mr. Hildebrand is the son of a union carpenter, and a member of a union himself. After the 2016 Democratic Primary in which his candidate, Bernie Sanders, lost, Mr. Hildebrand felt compelled to stay involved and continue the fight for a better future. And after serious consideration, decided that he would start a serious campaign to represent the working people of California.
Mr. Hildebrand’s platform includes battling institutional racism, investing in our country’s infrastructure and workforce on a massive scale, pushing for single-payer health care, defending our public school systems while making public universities and trade schools free, term limits in Congress, campaign finance reform, and making real efforts to halt climate change.
If successful in the upcoming election, he promises to lead the charge for progressive policies at the federal level, and defend California against a Congress and Presidency determined to cut the social, economic, and environmental programs that American workers rely on.
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David Hildebrand for U.S. Senate 2018
http://www.davidforcalifornia.com/
