Don't Blame DSA For Platner's Total Collapse

DSA didnt even endorse the dude

Platner wasnt even affiliated with DSA to begin with

I love how republicans are acting as if they have the moral high ground on this one.

People can be redeemed but they don’t have to be in congress

it's wild that so many people were so surprised that a blackwater mercenary was actually a bad guy

It's good to see that a lot of people in the comments are doing a better job of holding the majority report accountable than the majority report itself.

A guy that has a history of making bad decisions, will probably make more bad decisions

The fact that MR made Graham the poster child of their 2026 election coverage turned me off of MR after being a regular listener and member for nearly a decade. I think there needs to be more self criticism from the MR crew beyond just “he let us down.” Why did you allow him to let you down? Why are 4 white people so desperate for a rugged white man to be the face of the left in the senate? Why were we more focused on Graham instead of Abdul in Michigan who is in a harder race and could use the support?

Well seeing how the DSA didn't endorse him why would I blame them? Who I do blame are people like Emma Vigeland, Ryan Grim and platforms like TMR and Breaking points who were extremely condescending to people calling out the red flags around this guy. So the fact that he loved killing Iraqis so much that he bragged about how good he was at it and went back for seconds, then dessert and loved it so much he got a Nazi tattoo to commemorate his kills like a good serial killer, that wasn't enough for you? It took assaulting a White liberal woman? Please 🙄

Don't trust mercenaries, not that hard.