I suspect the Venn diagram of Warren stans and anti-Platner heads is something approaching a circle so there's definitely going to be some real struggle sessions on bluesky over her endorsement

[pallasriot@social.treehouse.systems]

I suspect the Venn diagram of Warren stans and anti-Platner heads is something approaching a circle so there's definitely going to be some real struggle sessions on bluesky over her endorsement

[pallasriot@social.treehouse.systems]

@SharpCheddarGoblin Honestly I largely stopped paying attention to the Maine race because I think everything is basically baked in at this point, but it keeps getting so much attention that every so often I have thoughts. But like, my opinion for awhile now is that Platner clearly isn't a nazi, the nazis know he isn't a nazi, he's definitely going to beat Mills and probably will beat Collins, and that he should probably still drop out because preserving as much taboo against nazi symbolism as possible is just that important that the rest doesn't matter.

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Warren is part of the senate "fight club", the group of senators trying to oust Schumer and orchestrate a more progressive senate Dem leadership. Her endorsement of Platner is part of their strategy: they're trying to beat as many of Schumer's hand picked candidates as possible, and Mills is a major Schumer ally. Mills is also a really weak candidate (Schumer and the DSCC have really picked some real loser candidates for some very important races because they are staunch Schumer allies) and Platner is a very strong candidate that looks like he's got pretty good odds, especially in a strong Dem election year. I'd also suspect that Warren appreciates that Platner is a little wonky and surprisingly good at the inside-outside game, similar to Warren herself.

Warren stans have spent years willfully ignoring that Warren is a snake who wields power pretty ruthlessly and plays politics hard. She made the CFPB happen by being ruthless, she got a seat at the table with the Biden administration by being ruthless, etc. Her image as a smart, well meaning, nerdy wonk who always tries to do things the right way is her marketing. She's definitely smart and wonky, but she's also a pretty skilled hardened political player. For Warren stans who have desperately wanted to ignore that because it tarnishes their image of her, now is maybe a moment to reflect on how much they bought the mythology. Maybe especially how she got them to turn on Sanders.