Not my Senator Warren yet either. I love my Senator, but I was disappointed with her endorsement.

Candidates should be vetted before such endorsements are made, especially a newcomer with no political history.

but we also need viable candidates.

A flood of Democratic senators joined Schumer and Gillibrand in condemning Platner. Some of his biggest backers — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — called on him to exit the race, as did Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Another staunch supporter and potential 2028 presidential hopeful, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, withdrew his endorsement. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who had expressed support for Platner last month, said Monday he “cannot support his candidacy.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/democrats-abandon-graham-platner-endorsements-support-00988421

has cut him loose as well.

Thanks for posting the exchange, I hadn't seen that one.

Damn! Good for Allison Gill.

SUCKS

Favreau 10 years ago

He hated HRC, IIRC, hated VP Harris and threw his support behind a sketchy as fck "manly man."

it out, and were chastised, shut down, even had posts removed. Colour me soooo NOT surprised.

You are correct, some of us tried to warn people and were shut down and removed multiple times.

Read a lot. It was exactly as you wrote.

And was told if I didn't live in Maine I had no say. So I backed out of the conversation knowing this day would come.
Too many women had come forward too many stories of alcohol abuse.

Plus the guy gave me the creeps

he makes my skin crawl

He gave me the creeps too. He had sex pest written all over him, among other very questionable things.

Having family members who were assaulted and myself regarding domestic abuse, it was very upsetting.

a shameful chapter, indeed

I'll never forgive that guy, ever, along with those who breathlessly back him and chastised anyone who had misgivings about him.

I didn't think he'd be able to beat collins and got in big trouble here, on DU, for saying so and why I thought that.

to support him anyway. Because "he's for Medicare for All!!11"

How any times do we have to play this game before some figure it out?

down just before he announced he was running.

Therefore doesn't count.

from away.

We're still being told to STFU because we're not in Maine. I've seen dozens of OP over the years here rightfully complaining about my despicable governor DeathSentence. And my despicable senator Voldemort. I don't recall anyone ever saying people didn't have a right to voice an opinion because they're not in Florida.

Do you?

not in their area, people are entitled to their opinions. But I think that sending money or making ads for candidates is putting a thumb on the scale.

Besides, lecturing each other's is what DUers love to do most. You should have seen the original thread I posted back in '22 about how I as a Green felt that we on the left should be working together. Talk about getting tarred and feathered and run out on a rail.

All we could do is warn.
One could see this coming from a mile away.

And here we are.

And it was reddit so not credible or he was young.. He had changed and was a different person now.
Even tho as you stated most of his disgusting post were still up until he decided to run.

are being validated. I take no pleasure in that because I really want Collins gone, but the character of our nominees is a crucial factor which we cannot ignore if we are to have credibility.

😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆😁😆😅🤣🤣🤣😅

Some people might be too quick to accuse, but many might be too quick to support.

I have watched him closely there.

This has got to stop. We're now in danger of not taking over the senate bc of yet another great white progressive hope and his, shall we say, foibles.

People on the left hated HRC because she got paid to give speeches. That was disqualifying to them. But a guy with obvious, shall we say, issues? He's A OK.

He's dead, Jim.

Good for Richie Torres!

TY!

Lot of high posters backed him, maybe less time posting and more time doing some research.