Would you look at that. For 6 months, all I've been hearing was "Platner is the only option, we don't have time to find someone else" and wuptidoo, it took a week to get someone more trustworthy, with less bullshit in the baggage.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2026
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He's hardly a better option, politically at least.
Troy is another late to the party, old, corpo pick, centrist democrat. He was literally voting for anti-abortion measures until just a few years ago until it wasnt in vogue anymore.
"Better option" and "Schumer approved" should be diametrically opposed when searching for a progressive candidate.
He seems to be talking a lot more about actually doing shit than regular democratic candidates do.
Sure, he's not perfect, but I trust what this guy is saying a whole lot more than what the ex-nazi, mercenary, rapist did.
I mean sure, those are all the points the astroturf keeps putting out
And Platner had a better trackrecord to make him more believable?