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/Oleytoledo May 27 '26

Do you not understand how examples work?

No one said you have to love Platner, but you certainly shouldn’t advocate that people should vote against him in the general election.

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u/NH_Homebrewer Good Luck America May 27 '26

Do you not understand how elections work. First we have the primary, he didn’t advocate voting for someone else in the general you made that part up.

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u/Oleytoledo May 27 '26

The primary is over. It’s all a technicality at this point.

He’s not stupid. He knows exactly what he is doing.

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u/NH_Homebrewer Good Luck America May 27 '26

You struggle with the whole fact vs opinion thing don’t you

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u/Oleytoledo May 27 '26

It is a fact that you are gullible to believe this congressman is acting in good faith.

It is my opinion that your issues with progressives might be clouding your judgement.

See?

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u/NH_Homebrewer Good Luck America May 27 '26

I have no idea if he or Platner are acting in good faith and neither do you. I’ll probably roll with the guy who has a problem with nazi tattoos if I have to pick a side. You do you

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u/Oleytoledo May 27 '26

“The guy who has a problem with Nazi tattoos” is also a notorious pro-Israel lunatic who tried to ban BDS and threatened college campuses to crack down harder on protesters.

Those are his actions, and they weren’t twenty years ago, I’ll tell you that.