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Terrible Endorsements Are Nothing New

Posted by jcpswatch on February 3, 2021
Posted in: Accountability.

You may remember the recent flak JCTA’s political action committee received when they stuck to their endorsement of Jason Nemes. 

UPDATE: McKim says JCTA is "extremely troubled" by today's revelations regarding Nemes.

The endorsement committee is reconsidering Nemes' endorsement, he says. https://t.co/NhwWcuKFti

— olivia krauth (@oliviakrauth) October 20, 2020

You may also be aware that same JCTA-endorsed candidate is now chairing an committee to impeach our public school friendly governor. He also voted for charter schools and the infamous “sewer bill.”

But terrible endorsements are nothing new for McKim’s closely controlled political action committee. For the 20 years prior to McKim taking over the role of President, there had been 7 presidents, the most recent being Laura Kirchner. Laura and others have been paying attention. Here are some opinions of BSK endorsements we came across recently:

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