Obama Says Democrats Should Make Sure AOC has a Platform

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53. I remember the phenomenon from 2016

and found it rather bizarre at the time. I somehow thought they'd faded away. Good reminder of what a truly horrible primary season that was. I saw some good friends at each other's throats for quite some time. I avoided the primary forum, because quite honestly, I had little preference for either candidate. I didn't realize until later that Russians were infiltrating our message boards and social media, stirring up trouble.

I have several friends, long time DUers, who left here for good, but fortunately they didn't get involved in the JP group. Some hard feelings persisted for awhile, but Donald Trump was the cure for that. Kind of a snake pit effect I think. A good reminder that all the off-the-wall crazy clearly has not just been on the right the past few years. The left has had its share as well, just not as many or as extreme.

We learned a lot about our vulnerabilities back then, but at least now we are aware of them. I read between the lines more and realize that not all antagonists are legitimate people.