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In reply to the discussion: Mike Gravel. [View all]
 

Drunken Irishman

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13. I worry that the only reason Gravel is being pushed is to attack Democrats from the left...
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 10:22 AM
Jul 2019

...and he'll do so in the debate. He can be very effective at kneecapping any of the current Democratic candidates because, let's be honest, he absolutely has zero chance of winning - and he knows this. It won't be about jockeying for position and it'll be harder for anyt of the candidates to snipe back at someone who's not even polling at 1% nationally. Every single person here should be asking themselves why Gravel is running and what his message will be - especially if you review his twitter. He attacks Democrats just as much, if not more, than he actually ever attacks Trump.

Here's a breakdown of tweets from the last week:

1 tweet attacking Democrats in congress
2 tweet attacking the DNC
1 tweet attacking Pelosi
1 tweet attacking VP Pence
1 tweet calling centrist Democrats idiots
1 tweet telling House Democrats to fuck off
1 tweet attacking Alex Acosta
4 tweet attacking 'Jailin' Joe' Biden
1 tweet attacking Harris
1 tweet specifically attacking Trump
1 tweet attacking Hickenlopper, demanding he drop out of the race
1 tweet attacking Tom Steyer
1 tweet attacking Eric Swallwell when he dropped out, saying he's now 'scurrying back to the House to do nothing' and then advocating for him to lose reelection
1 tweet that semi-attacks Trump...but it was used to attack Nancy Pelosi overall.

This is who'll be on the stage - someone who clearly has no problem throwing some nasty mud at Democrats. I expect he will. He'll probably go hard at Biden and Harris with some crappy BS.

His campaign is run by a couple reddit incels and is a disaster for the Democrats.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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