Newsweek, Democratic Congressional Candidate, Voting Rights

[Binger]

He said what he thought was awesome. He took a lot of crap for it, and will again. He wants to be a leader and took a chance as a candidate for congress. He is making real moves in real life doing real things.

I have no interest in running for political office, so I'm not taking that kind of stand. I'm not shy about expressing my opinions, but I don't consider that taking a stand.

The issues he campaigned on were solid progressive issues (universal basic income, universal healthcare, reparations to black folks, etc.). I skimmed his Twitter feed, and his substack, and I don't see him discussing the issues he campaigned on. He currently sounds more like Jordan Peterson than Bernie Sanders, so I have no clue what he's all about. He's clearly jumped on the populist, culture wars bandwagon, so maybe after getting 5% in the Senate Runoff, he's rebranding. Is it "brave" to denounce a political party when all the cool kids that support the other party are high fiving you in the media and on your Twitter page? ***shrug***

Is he a brave renegade? Or pandering after losing badly in an election? As far as I can tell, he did not express any of this "anti-woke" culture war stuff while he was a candidate.

I don't see him as "making real moves in real life doing real things" any more than any other person running for political office. He's a special education teacher. Now THAT's a real move in real life doing real things in my book.

Fair 'nuff.

[canpakes]

I skimmed his Twitter feed, and his substack, and I don't see him discussing the issues he campaigned on. He currently sounds more like Jordan Peterson than Bernie Sanders, so I have no clue what he's all about.

He definitely has some issues and hang ups, in a way that are problematic for someone who wants to hold public office. Search for ‘Fauci’ in his feed, and read his comments and phrasing.

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