BREAKING: Democrat Rep launches campaign for seat held by longtime Dem senator

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From the Washington Examiner: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) launched a Senate campaign Wednesday, taking direct aim at opponent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and accusing Democratic leaders of clinging to the status quo.

In his announcement video, Moulton says Democrats have “failed to stop [President] Donald Trump’s harmful, racist agenda,” warning that “our party has clung to the status quo, insisted on using the same old playbook, and isn’t fighting hard enough.”

The Marine veteran, now 46 and serving his sixth term in Congress, says he’s running because he’s lost confidence in Markey’s ability to govern effectively and lead Democrats in pushing back against the current administration.

Moulton, 46, has served in U.S. Congress since January 2015. In April 2019, he launched a brief run for president, but did not qualify for the Democrat primary debates and withdrew from the race after only 4 months.

Markey, 79, was first elected to U.S. Congress in 1976, and is now the longest-serving Democrat currently in Congress. He is also well known for pushing the “Green New Deal” alongside Democrat Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Moulton bizarrely starts his campaign video by jogging through a cemetery. He calls for universal healthcare, says he wants to protect democracy and tackle climate change, and slams his own party for “failing to stop Trump’s harmful, racist agenda.”

He says Markey shouldn’t be running for another six years at 80 years old, and says its time for another generation of leadership.

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