JANE HARMAN CHALLENGER – MARCY WINOGRAD – PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ARMENIAN AMERICAN ISSUES
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16.09.2009 11:08
Democrat Marcy Winograd, who will be challenging genocide denier Jane
Harman in a primary race next year in California’s 36th Congressional
District, has pledged her full support on a variety of issues
important to her prospective Armenian American constituents. Harman
made national headlines in 2007 when she secretly wrote a letter in
opposition to the Armenian Genocide resolution to the Chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, while still being listed as a
"cosponsor" of the human rights legislation.
The Los Angeles Times and others harshly criticized Harman for
flip-flopping on the genocide resolution. California’s 36th
Congressional District covers a portion of the South Bay in Los
Angeles County, including the cities of Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach,
Torrance, El Segundo and Venice.
Marcy Winograd will be challenging Jane Harman in the Democratic
Party primary slated to be held on June 8, 2010. Winograd challenged
Harman in 2006 and gave the incumbent a strong run, despite being
dramatically outspent by Harman, who is one of the richest members
of the U.S. Congress.
Winograd is the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Progressive
Democrats of America.
"Jane Harman has been a disaster for the people of the 36th
Congressional District," remarked Kris Demirjian, spokesman for the 0D
Armenian National Committee PAC (ANC-PAC). "As her secret effort to
kill the Armenian Genocide resolution showed in 2007, she is willing
to barter away human rights to satisfy foreign Turkish interests. The
citizens of the South Bay area in Los Angeles deserve better than
Jane Harman. We urge all voters in the 36th Congressional District
to cast their ballots for Marcy Winograd in the Democrat Primary to
be held on June 8, 2010," added Demirjian.
Winograd has strongly endorsed the Armenian Genocide resolution pending
in the 111th Congress. She has stated, for the record, "I will not only
co-sponsor a resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide, I will work
to bring other lawmakers on board as co-sponsors. History should never
be revised to suit the needs of current geopolitical considerations;
to rewrite history or to deny genocide not only insults the victims
and their families, but suggests we are doomed to repeat the same
crimes of ethnic cleansing and mass murder because we never fully
explore the root causes of genocide."
Winograd has also expressed her clear support for continued U.S.
developmental and humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabagh. She believes
that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabagh deserve the support of the
United States.
She also believes that the United States must intervene
in Nagorno-Karabagh to ensure the safety and security of
Armenians. Lastly, she believes in the right of self-determination
for the =0 D Armenians of Nagorno-Karabagh.
Winograd has staked a strong position against the continued practice
of sending U.S. weaponry to the Republic of Turkey. She supports
pre-conditions for arms sales by the United States to Turkey. She
believes our nation should not be selling weapons for the purpose
of extending an illegal occupation of Cyprus, imposing an economic
blockade against Armenia, attacking Kurds, or restricting the freedom
of Christians.