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What Graham Platner Said When a Trans Mainer Asked: 'Will You Stand Up for Me?'
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But that means he's not a smart person. That, along with the fact he is obviously prone to making poorly-informed decisions would give me serious pause about voting for him. Those are not the qualities of a good leader.
Smart people don't know everything. Smart people change their mind when confronted with things they are wrong about or don't know enough about.
Then don’t vote for him when the primary rolls around if you live in the state. Elections are a mechanism for finding out if his faults are acceptable to local constituency he would represent. People are acting like he’s a set in stone candidate and this is some moral crisis for the party.
The primary is in June of 2026. The “democratic establishment” and every opinion column ragebait columnist should just cool it. Let the voters decide in 8 months if they buy his apology and whatever else he does between now and then.
Can I just say how insane it is that the primary campaign starts this far in advance? There are countries that run an entire election with all its phases, campaigns and preparations in this time.
This is probably why USA politics is so swayed by large donations. Only big money can afford buying TV ads over a year.