IL-14: Meet the Candidates Event Featuring Morgan Zegers CEO of YAAS

Dick Barr

If you can’t make the meet-the-candidates for the 14th congressional district event tonight in McHenry? No problem.

Tomorrow (Wednesday 11/6) between 5 & 9PM not too far across the county line in Round Lake Beach, Lake County Board Member Dick Barr is hosting an event to meet congressional candidates and local candidates through a new group called “WideAwake Socialism: Not Now, Not Ever”.

In addition to 14th congressional district candidates, WideAwake has invited Young Americans Against Socialism (YAAS) CEO & Founder Morgan Zegers to be the keynote speaker tomorrow night, per this advertisement on Eventbrite:

Source: WideAwake Eventbrite

The following congressional candidates have announced or advertised this event (through mid-morning), so it’s safe to assume they, or their campaigns, will be in attendance:

  • Catalina Lauf posted on Instagram 10/23 she would be attending.
  • Jim Oberweis, fresh off his Lake County Republican Party Executive Committee endorsement, advertised the event on his campaign Facebook page last night.
  • Danny Malouf advertised on his campaign Facebook page
  • Jerry Evans tweeted late Tuesday morning he will be attending
  • Sue Rezin confirmed she will be attending
  • James Marter posted the video on his campaign Facebook page (click the sound icon when viewed):

Come out and help the movement to counter the propaganda.

Posted by Marter for Congress on Monday, November 4, 2019

The Lake County Gazette in an article published last Thursday, explains what the WideAwake Socialism: Not Now, Not Ever movement is, and notes the ticket requests for the free event are quite high.

Therefore, it is suggested you sign up for this event through the Eventbrite link especially if you will need child care that is offered:

Lake County Gazette link:

And as a post script, while the Gazette article describes the play on words of the “woke” description for young socialists, there is a deeper, more historic reference within the Republican Party of the original Wide Awakes. The Wikipedia article is here:


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IL-14: Meet the Candidates Event Featuring Morgan Zegers CEO of YAAS — 1 Comment

  1. As a committed Roman Catholic, before attending this event I would like to find out more details about Morgan Zegers’ relationship with God. Is she a practicing Roman Catholic? Does she pray hard? Does she enthusiastically receive Holy Communion every Sunday? Does she submit to the authority of the Pope over the entire community of Catholics in the world? Would she agree to deny Holy communion to any Democratic candidate (or to any Catholic) who agrees with reproductive rights? What kind of man would she marry? (because this is much of my business) Does she read the Holy Bible every day just like my compassionate conservative brothers and sisters? But above all, what is in the menu? Stay tuned…tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, meeeeeeeeoooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww…

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