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nycbos
(6,709 posts)35. No one's ganging up on him.
Most Democrats have endorsed him. Some people are less than enthusiastic about him, and a few have refused to endorse him because he failed to condemn language that leads to terrorist violence against Jews. But to say Democrats are ganging up at him is not factually true
I'm from New York and I now live in Chicago. I've worked on campaigns on behalf of Democratic candidates in six different states at every level of the ballot. I went on six canvassing trips to Wisconsin for Harris. And I went twice for the Supreme Court election. And in 2026, if my work schedule allows, I will return to Wisconsin for the midterms. And if I still lived in New York, I would not vote for him, and I have never not voted for the Democratic nominee in any election in my life.
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I do not believe that Graham Platner was an advocate for the anti-Harris "Leave it Blank" movement.
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#1
Well, she's popular enough to be elected governor and in the current climate of anti-GOP sentiment...
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#76
I do not find anti-gay slurs, racist rhetoric, or violent misogyny or a lack of forthcomingness regarding the Totenkopf...
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#94
As Democrats, we can do better and not leap for the first fellow that comes along with a high profile endorsement.
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#105
Yeah, but outside of Eric Adams most people don't know who these very few people are
Quiet Em
Oct 2025
#54
Together we discovered there are Democrats endorsing the Independent over the Democratic nominee.
Emile
Oct 2025
#61
Yes, thank goodness. I hate to think Democrats would endorse the Centrist Independent Cuomo over
Emile
Oct 2025
#64
I guess "2" is a number. Even lacking an endorsement, I guess we should all be thankful that no Democrat is...
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#34
Not a Democrat, a Socialist Democrat. Is this the new image of the party, for 2026?
question everything
Oct 2025
#88
It's important to distinguish between the primary and the general election.
MadameButterfly
Oct 2025
#39
The "leave it blank" movement was a tool of voter suppression and an encouragement of apathy that lingered and carried...
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#49
I'm ignoring nothing. I'm especially not ignoring those who promoted such idiocy and party treachery.
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#75
What I heard was he was claiming the issue was more nuanced than posters understood
MadameButterfly
Oct 2025
#48
It's part of a victim complex that exists on the far left. Something they share with the far right
nycbos
Oct 2025
#38
People like this are incapable of self reflection or any kind of self accountability.
nycbos
Oct 2025
#98
OK, we need to define who you are saying the far left is that is playing victim.
MadameButterfly
Oct 2025
#110
It's what they say (claim) about him while not endorcing, that's the "ganging up"
krawhitham
Oct 2025
#79
RE: PLantner. There are some who argue that his ink was applied while he was in active duty and that getting a tattoo
3Hotdogs
Oct 2025
#24
I can assure you that supporting the "leave it blank" movement was not "mainstream" or "establishment" or "centrist".
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#99
Yes... defunding the police is not "mainstream" or "centrist" or "establishment" either.
QueerDuck
Oct 2025
#100
They initially treated Bernie Sanders the same way when he ran for President in 2016
ChicagoTeamster
Oct 2025
#47
I know he didn't win. I'm just pointing out the similarities to how they treated Bernie and Mamdani.
ChicagoTeamster
Oct 2025
#78
And then Sanders became a millionaire and much more well known -- and proceeded to lose in 2020 even worse.
W_HAMILTON
Oct 2025
#91
No, it's actually how we got Biden and got rid of Trump, thank you very much.
W_HAMILTON
Oct 2025
#107
Sanders is not a Democrat. Seems that we are moving into creating a new face of the party
question everything
Oct 2025
#92
a handful of Democrats, mostly NY pols, are playing politics in their own state
bigtree
Oct 2025
#51
Once people see what it is like to have a $30 per hour min. wage, free childcare, free transportation & rent controls
MichMan
Oct 2025
#127
Conspiracy theories about cartoon villain Democrats are what makes people cynical.
betsuni
Oct 2025
#85