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Graham Platner said he joined the marines to kill people, and had an excellent experience doing so. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

He hasn’t won the primary. It’s still a year away. The reason the left is attacking (or at least some of us) is because we don’t want a blackwater mercenary on the democratic ticket. The reason the right haven’t attacked him yet is because they’d love for him to be the candidate since he’s so easy to target, after the primaries. I’d imagine all the news corps owned by right wingers already have the real juicy reddit quotes lined up and waiting.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    If theres still a primary then i dont really see why this is such a big deal, thats lots of time to get someone better to run. If no one better is available then that says more about systematic problems with the DNC then it does the ex mercenary.

    At least hes on the record acknowledging the problems and isnt ancient. The dnc doesnt seem capable of running anyone worth voting for, they can only do "not trump" so we end up with problematic "lesser evils" constantly.

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