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[jaymac]

1. FINE

let's weed out the DNC corporate workers and have some real progressive workers.........democratic socialists and those who have had enough of the oligarchy regime!!

David Hogg.....are you here?

[Cha]

3. Looks like Planter is he one who

needs "weeding out" as you put it.

That's 4 top campaign managers who have quit because of Revelations.. including that GP is Not "working class".

[Keepthesoulalive]

9. Please define progressive

[tritsofme]

10. Is this intended to be some sort of satire?

It can be hard to tell some times.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. I was wondering the same thing

[TheFarseer]

2. This is really unfortunate

He says he got a drunken tattoo in Croatia that he didn’t know the background of. Then he was shit posting a bunch of stuff on Reddit and I don’t totally dismiss it but it’s really unfortunate that you have to watch what you say/post for your entire life if you want to run for anything! Now all we can ever get is boring buttoned down candidates that won’t rock the boat or say anything interesting- and apparently Donald Trump for some reason. . . . Like I said I don’t totally dismiss his actions but we all make mistakes and some of us grow up to be different people than when we were younger.

[Cha]

4. Planter was also Not "working class" as

he pretended.

If Democracy is Fortunate We Will Get Someone who knows how to stand up the Traitor of the United States and has worked hard and Steady for that all their adult lives.

[Jack Valentino]

16. Neither was the governor, dear...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. "it's really unfortunate that you have to watch what you say/post for your entire life if you want to run for anything!"

Plenty of people are able to post without being racist, antigay, misogynist or implying that killing people is an experience someone should aspire to. It's not hard!

[nycbos]

5. Seems like the whole Nazi thing turns people off.

?si=Rj42CLtc4E76I2tX

[stopdiggin]

6. some of these departures probably have as much or more to do with a sinking ship

as they do with Reddit content. At last I'm thinking that would be a good guess.

[dutch777]

7. Does anyone vet candidates carefully anymore? Maybe the Santos opp research team changed jobs?

Of course given Trump was elected maybe none of this matters anymore. Tell the story and the lies people want to hear and you are in. Really would like another Dem in the Senate but damn!

[karynnj]

8. I think the primary process is how candidates are vetted

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I don't think there is a vetting process required before someone can run in the Democratic primary.

This actually is a case where his Democratic opponents or the media did oppo research. At this point, the question is whether he can answer all of this and keep the support of voters.

That he is still standing suggests that he might be able to explain how these are things that no longer define him and that he is 180 degrees different. If so, it is still good all of this was found and answered long before the primary.

However, it seems those closest to him on the campaign are getting cold feet. I wonder if it just they do not see him winning or possibly they are questioning their own assessment of him.

[QueerDuck]

20. Vetting would be a good idea before any well-known high-profile politician decides to endorse a candidate...

it seems to me.

[Celerity]

12. Why are you posting Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire on DU?? It is a RW MAGA/Tump-loving, Democratic Party-hating shit site

a sampling of their shit:






https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-daily-wire/

[leftstreet]

13. +1

[Cha]

14. EXCLUSIVE: Graham Platner's Treasurer Resigns

Snip***

News of the shake-up—which has not been previously reported—comes less than 48 hours after Platner’s finance director Ronald Holmes publicly resigned. On Friday morning, Holmes posted on LinkedIn that his “professional standards as a campaign professional no longer fully aligned with those of the campaign.”

Snip***

Perrone, whose firm earned buzz for its work with Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral run, and Brown, a veteran presidential campaign operative for Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama, were both hired to help Platner recover from his recent controversies, which have stymied his otherwise popular candidacy.

https://judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/exclusive-graham-platners-treasurer?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

Sorry, I had trouble reading the link in the OP, so I found another source.. TY

[Jack Valentino]

17. Surely as is the FACT that the Israelis are committed to GENOCIDE---

at least those in the IDF and those with 'political power'---

(while much of the Israeli populice oppose the genocide.... yeah.... )

[Cha]

18. Yes, that stood out for me as well.

It seems Ronald Brown III and Valarie Perrone had been in the campaign long enough to form strong enough Opinions to want out.