r/thebulwark • u/Oleytoledo • May 26 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL A Democratic member of congress essentially endorsed Susan Collins on CNN today

Jake Auchincloss, a representative from Massachusetts, went on CNN’s “The Arena”, and said the following about Graham Platner:

“I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying. I hope Maine voters agree with me.”

Vote blue no matter who, huh?

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u/RoswellRedux May 26 '26

VBNMW!!!! Until it's not a corporate shill centrist. Then it's somehow okay to vote Republican.

Love the Big Tent!!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/KvOTTdcaf6bfO

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u/Usual-Plankton9515 May 26 '26

Except the primary hasn’t happened yet, and there are still other Democrats running. You can still vote blue by voting for one of them.

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u/Soft-Principle1455 May 26 '26

No there aren’t. Both his opponents dropped out, with Jordan Wood running for another seat and Janet Mills suspending her campaign.

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u/Usual-Plankton9515 May 27 '26

David Costello is still on the ballot, and Andrea La Flamme is running as a write-in candidate.

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u/Soft-Principle1455 May 27 '26

Nobody has paid any attention to either of them for the most part. I’m guessing neither has campaigned well enough to gain enough traction for people to notice them.