AUNTIE MAXINE, YOU HAVE COMPANY – AT 12:16 P.M. ET:   "Auntie" Maxine Waters – that's what her supporters call her – is one of the nuttier members of Congress, someone who called for Trump's impeachment on, oh, general grounds.  But Auntie is getting some serious competition.  From Breitbart: 

Omar Navarro, 28, the conservative Latino challenger to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), 78, has racked up a growing list of high-profile donors and advisers.

They include names like Roger Stone, who serves as Navarro’s campaign advisor; former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who calls him on a weekly basis; TV host Alex Jones; former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones; former Presidential candidate Herman Cain; former Arizona Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr.; singer and songwriter Joy Villa; “Swamp People” case member T-Roy Broussard; and American radio host Larry Elder, among others.

According to the Los Angeles Times, “a group of major GOP donors that spent millions on ads to elect President Trump also plans to take on the Los Angeles congresswoman in next year’s midterm election.”

Navarro is running in a majority Latino and African-American district in southern Los Angeles, where approximately 60 percent of registered voters are Democrats, as the Times notes. But that isn’t about to stop him.

“When I ran last year, I received 25 percent of the vote, which means I got 11 percent more than the registered Republicans in the region, which means I transcended and got Democrats and Independents to vote for me,” Navarro told Breitbart News. “I spent a total of $3,000 the last campaign. In comparison, I’ve so far raised $140,000 this campaign.”

Waters won the last election with over 70% of the vote.

COMMENT:  Obviously, a tough climb, especially in a year when Democrats are expected to make gains.  But I'd love to see Auntie sent home to Uncle, and let them live happily ever after.

November 28, 2017