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uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
TBH I did not know he was a Blackwater mercenary. News keeps calling him a Marine, which I don’t think is the same thing.
That would have been a dealbreaker for me, but then I’m not a Mainer and did not do much diligent research about him.
cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Okay but consider his pattern of violently impulsive bad behavior.
Violent. Impulsive. Electing him would put him in a room full of congressmen.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
That’s a great point. I’m thinking about nominating this guy
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cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
I’m registering to vote and writing him in for congress.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Plus he has a cool ass name. It would be awesome to see him sitting next to all those pedophiles congress. Lmao. Run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run , run
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
That’s the thing. I was introduced to Platner by campaign materials and friendly bios showing up in my feed. At most I heard of the tat and some online discourse from a long time ago. I didn’t know of his history of violence or his war crimes during his military service.
When it came to actually researching candidates, I was focusing on the ones we have here in California. And we too have our problematic ones.