Evan Prodromou on Nostr: Some people say that all Democratic politicians are flawed, and that if we want to ...
Some people say that all Democratic politicians are flawed, and that if we want to win races, we need to overlook those flaws. They talk about Graham Plattner's tattoos and sexting, or Eric Swalwell's sexual harassment. But there are a lot of Democrats who haven't had scandals, like Zohran Mamdani. It took me a while to realise that the people who say this *do* think he has flaws -- to them, he has the wrong skin colour, the wrong religion, the wrong politics.
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