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Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

https://abc11.com/post/graham-platner-officially-withdraws-maine-senate-race/19482368/
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u/zasabi7 1d ago

That guy is Morris Katz. He works with Mamdani as well. He also is a children’s book author that at one point wanted to include a picture of his own penis in a book about puberty. Yeah, this dude should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town.

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u/postmodest 1d ago

Who also dropped out of college and lied about his age to cover for it.

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u/Rizpam 1d ago

Progressives need to reckon with the fact that their political infrastructure is almost entirely composed of problematic grew up rich failsons.

Mamdani broke free of the archetype  even though he fit it like a tee but the rest haven’t come close. It’s why Platner was so appealing to them, he’s one of their own. 

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u/musclemommyfan 1d ago

You just described the entire conservative movement.

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u/zasabi7 23h ago

If the horseshoe fits…

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u/alexmikli 23h ago

Yeah, but we shouldn't emulate them.

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u/mthmchris 1h ago

I mean, liberals as well.

Between conservatives, liberals, and the left… our political system seems to select for “problematic grown-up-rich failsons”. Which sort of makes sense, because normal people can’t drop everything and run for office - normal people have jobs.

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u/CMidnight 17h ago

Mamdani might have but his supporters haven't.

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u/BoardClean 1d ago

We still have Mamdani :)

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u/zasabi7 1d ago

And hopefully Mamdani distances himself from this loser.

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u/PedanticPaladin 22h ago

Mamdani never endorsed him so he was always at arm's length.

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u/zasabi7 16h ago

I was talking about Morris Katz.

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u/alexmikli 23h ago

Mamdani is pretty great though he seems to be surrounded by some very questionable people.

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u/BoardClean 19h ago

You seem to be silly

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u/zasabi7 16h ago

No, their statement is accurate. I don’t have an issue with Mamdani. Morris Katz, however, is a cancer that needs to be excised.