looking like a MAJOR Progressive wing fail:

Troy Carter, Karen Carter Peterson clash in final debate; here's what they said

'Angry,' 'desperate,' discombobulated' pepper exchange two days before congressional election

BY TYLER BRIDGES @ Nola.com, APR 22, 2021 - 9:37 PM

Karen Carter Peterson staked out progressive views on issue after issue while Troy Carter repeatedly invoked President Joe Biden and said he would work with Republicans and independents, as the two candidates made a late pitch to voters Thursday in their third and final debate before Saturday's congressional election.

Peterson and Carter are New Orleans Democrats who have been political allies frequently working together over the past five years in the state Senate. But people watching the 40-minute debate on WWL television wouldn’t have known that as Carter repeatedly called Peterson a liar while adding at one point, “You’re angry, you’re desperate.” Peterson said her opponent has distorted her record and, near the end, called Carter “a bit discombobulated."

[....]  discussed health care, policing in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the energy transition from fossil fuels, how they should work with Republicans, missed votes in the Legislature and campaign contributions from outside groups.

People who have seen both candidates in action inside the Capitol in Baton Rouge would have recognized Peterson making more forceful policy statements, while Carter described himself as a Democrat who can work well with others [....]

Peterson, who has been endorsed by the national progressive icon U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, championed the Medicare for All program that would provide universal health care to everyone. She said she was the only Louisiana senator who voted against then-Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal's budgets, which after approval by her colleagues, left Louisiana with a budget mess. (Carter hadn’t been elected at the time.)

Peterson used strong language when Paulsen asked whether she favors defunding the police while crime remains a problem.

“It seems like every day we are losing people and Black people to senseless police violence,” she said, adding several minutes later, “The system is broken.”

Carter, invoking Biden again, said he would “smart fund, not defund” the police and added, “We should make sure we stand with the good police officers while we prosecute the bad ones.”

The winner of Saturday's runoff will be the only Democrat in Louisiana’s congressional delegation and will represent a district that stretches from New Orleans to a portion of Baton Rouge.

Peterson showed minimal interest in working with Republicans in Congress, complaining that U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Jefferson, whose district covers the White-majority suburbs around New Orleans, “unfortunately has not said that President Biden was legitimately elected.”

She also said, “There will be times when I can work with Republicans, but I am not going to compromise my values on Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, criminal justice reform, passing the George Floyd Act.”

Peterson, who chaired the Louisiana Democratic Party for eight years, also criticized Carter for seeking the endorsement of the Greater New Orleans Republican PAC, which she said supported former President Donald Trump.

Carter called her comments “divisive” and said, “Listen, when you’re elected, you’re elected to represent the entire district, Republicans, Democrats, independents and others. I will stand for those Democratic ideals that I believe in. I will fight for them until the end. But I will also come to the table to compromise to make sure that I bring resources home for the people of Louisiana.”

He added, “This notion that we can’t work together so we draw a line in the sand, and Democrats are devils to Republicans and Republicans are devils to Democrats, that’s counterproductive.”

As they were outlining their views, more so than in the previous two debates, the candidates repeatedly showed bitterness and anger toward each other.

Carter said Peterson has been portraying him in flyers, texts and a TV ad as standing with rogue cops.

“I have two black sons,” he said in giving a very personal response. Later, he said, “When they leave the house, I pray for them.”

Peterson took umbrage at Carter – when Paulsen had the two candidates ask questions of each other – for asking why she was the only senator who voted against a 2012 measure, House Bill 353, which prohibited sexual predators from residing within 1,000 of schools. Peterson said she didn’t remember the bill and accused him of trying to fool voters.

“You know that I’m a Christian,” she said. “You know that I have values because you know my mother and my [late] father. Don’t try to distort my record and my character to people as if I, as a Black woman in Louisiana, would stand for sexual predators. I am a victim of sexual abuse, so it is just nonsensical you would even say something like that. And you know that.” 

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this guy mentions NM-1 and watch for same trend in upcoming OH - 11: