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In reply to the discussion: Did You Know: Anyone Opposing Chelsea Manning's Senate Bid Has An Old Straight White Man Fetish? [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,392 posts)13. I agree that electing a Transgender person to Congress would be a BFD
but CM choosing this upcoming election and this particular seat to fight for doesn't make any sense to me. Why doesn't she find a Republican seat at the federal, state, or local level to start with? It's so weird how progressive activists always seem to target current Democratic officeholders moreso than Republican-held seats. Why is that?
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Did You Know: Anyone Opposing Chelsea Manning's Senate Bid Has An Old Straight White Man Fetish? [View all]
peggysue2
Jan 2018
OP
Yep that is my assumption on a lot of the primaries being toted for incumbent dem seats
lunasun
Jan 2018
#1
They tricked me for a minute. But I see what is happening now, but then I said a long time ago
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2018
#29
I really don't know anything about Chelsea Manning's run for office.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2018
#4
Yeah, well ...... Glen Greenwald. Chelsea needs to go after a GOP held seat.
marble falls
Jan 2018
#10
I agree that electing a Transgender person to Congress would be a BFD
Proud Liberal Dem
Jan 2018
#13
Fortunately, the average MD voter has no idea who Glenn Greenwald is, much less reads his columns.
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#16
You're going to find very few Greenwald supporters on DU these days
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jan 2018
#22
GG is a libertarian; and his political aims include promoting libertarian candidates
struggle4progress
Jan 2018
#23
One of our long-term resident trolls was pushing that same talking point just the other day.
Squinch
Jan 2018
#27