AOC, Zohran, Bernie, and basically every ‘left-wing’ politician we have in the US besides probably DAC would just be a normal, maybe slightly left of center politician in Europe. We are so backwards here

Yeah I’m a triple Trump voter and would vote so hard for AOC in 2028 /s

If this is the opposition party, we are doomed. This alone is not the five alarm fire, but Jeffries is obviously not going to be a fighter after they steal the midterms.

I encourage everyone to vote early take some time off of work after November 3rd and go to DC like I have planned. There’s no getting out of this without us dying for it.

I get it’s a psychological phenomenon and who knows how many people will subconsciously be biased about it, but there’d probably be 500 people max who would list ‘she’s too short’ as a reason for not voting for her. I just don’t think any of the reasons you listed above can’t be easily overcome by her being one of the best presidential candidates we’ve ever had. Kamala and Hillary being terrible/uninspiring candidates were by FAR bigger reasons they lost than their chromosomes or skin color

Oh I forgot about the most important one too, Netanyahu

“5. Vance is 6’2”, AOC is 5’4”. Standing together in a debate, AOC will look small”

I get large swathes of America are racist/sexist/materialistic, but it’s unserious to think people won’t vote for her cause she’s the average height for a woman

She’s obviously unqualified dude, it’s a prerequisite that you need to suck the dick of every Fortune 500 CEO to run for president

In a way it kind of is, I’d rather someone be an open and honest fascist than a closet fascist/fascist collaborator. Easy to read intentions and I know to expect absolutely nothing from you but pain.

It really is sad though that 99% of politicians here have completely sold us out. We’re on our own. Nobody is coming to save us

The level of political rot in this country is at comical levels, as we can see from this race.

There is NOTHING Stevens is better on than Abdul. NOTHING. I cannot believe this horseshit

I am aware of how aging works, yes. I’m also aware that you are not guaranteed to turn into a conservative once you’re past 60 and not everyone’s cognitive decline happens exactly the same at the exact same ages

Because I wasn’t responding to this original comment, dude, it’s a new conversation. I am so sorry you were weirded out by that.

Who’s now endorsed by the DSA, which probably isn’t good enough for you I’m guessing

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYCyrEbkfIn/

He’s 58 dude. Guess we can’t elect anyone progressive over the age of 50 out of fear they might turn conservative. Chris Van Hollen’s gonna turn into Reagan reincarnated any minute now

He’s been a Democrat for over 20 years and endorsed Bernie each presidential campaign he ran and was actually endorsed by the DSA, unlike Platner. These are not ‘new’ beliefs. So odd we get these ‘people can’t change’ opinions about politicians while leftists (assuming you’re one too) also believe in prison abolition/reform. You can’t have both.

You also just don’t seem to know what Patriotic Millionaires is

That’s not a good comparison at all. People don’t vote for speakers at conventions, and Bill is very unpopular and would get decimated in any election right now even if he was 20 years younger

Denial (cope?) stage. Give it a day or two, I hope

You are asking Democratic voters to overlook a credible rape allegation, we are not Republicans. It’s not going to happen, Platner is not going to win after this.

I don’t know how the Maine DSC works, but it’s not a given they’ll shit out Mills depending how they work. In my state, delegates from each caucus would vote for it, and our delegates this year were HEAVILY left-leaning (a midwestern state).

Platner just isn’t going to win after this unless it’s roundly debunked. Would I still vote for him over Collins in November if I lived in Maine? Probably, but I wouldn’t be pumped about it at all anymore.

Best case scenario is he drops out and the Maine DSC nominates a new candidate who isn’t Mills.

No real winning outcome on this. A guy with a credible SA allegation doesn’t deserve to be a Senator, we don’t deserve another term of Susan Collins or a Republican majority in Congress. I just don’t think a replacement for Platner is beating Collins