The stance puts Kennedy — who’s mounting long shot bid to unseat President Joe Biden as the Democratic standard bearer in 2024 — out of step with most of his party.

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    He’s being bankrolled by a republican donor. I have no idea who this guy is appeals to.

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          I hope they’re wrong. They’re wrong, right? … :-\

          Also, how is a Republican running as a Democrat? Is it just me thinking there’s a glaring flaw in the US’s political mechanics? Y’know, just the one. Nothing else wrong there. …Other than seemingly literally everything, with exactly zero hope of any meaningful change no matter what goes wrong nor how wrong it goes. sigh

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            Henry Cuellar’s success in his district in the deep south of Texas isn’t indicative of anything at all on a national level.

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              It indicates that party leadership will abandon any principle to shut out progressives.

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                No, it doesn’t. Democrats in red states have a much higher likelihood of being closer to Republicans stances in order to get elected.

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                  It’s so nice that the national party has to step in to save us from ourselves. Otherwise we might elect a progressive instead of the anti-choice candidate they prefer.

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                    Is it your belief that Joe Biden is “anti-choice?”

                    Because he is 100% the pick of the Dem Party

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                Down voters apparently aren’t aware that the national Democratic party will back an anti choice candidate in order to prevent a progressive from taking the seat.

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      I saw a rare “kennedy 2024” bumper stick out in the desert. the jeep also had an infowars sticker and a large “pure blooded” window decal. he appeals to the disinformed conspiracy brained moron demographic

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      Disillusioned “open minded” republicans like my brother for one. He was telling me that Dems should run him to appeal to anti-Trump Republicans to prevent Trump from winning. He’s a pretty smart guy who somehow got convinced that JAQing off is a good basis for philosophical thought and denies that he has any firm beliefs and is open to anything that he thinks sounds convincing.

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        denies that he has any firm beliefs and is open to anything

        That’s not the humblebrag he thinks it is; he’s saying he has no character. People who stand for nothing will fall for anything.

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          My guess is that he says it just to keep his personal beliefs from being assailable and being challenged. He can ask questions of others to try and make points and insulate himself.