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GiqueCee

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1. I would like to see Platner...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:46 PM
Sunday

... address his past comments on race to a group of Black people, his past comments on LGBTQ issues to a group representing each of those potential constituencies, and to explain how his epiphanies regarding those past offensive remarks came to be.
A lot of people whom I have always held in high regard appear to have jumped on the Platner bandwagon awfully quickly, and I'd like to know how they came to make that decision, and what is it about Governor Miller, who has demonstrated her low opinion of Trump in no uncertain terms, that they dislike so much that they would prefer someone with a questionable past opinions and zero legislative experience instead of a proven Progressive voice with an extensive political track record.
It seems to me that too much is being glossed over here, and I hope the distinctive fragrance wafting on the breeze isn't that of Trojan Horse shit. Others have already made mention of Fetterman's turn about, and we've seen it before in candidates that ran – and won – as Democrats, only to betray their constituencies by going over to the Dark Side.
Diogenes would have his work cut out for him were he to wander into the halls of Congress.

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