No one heard of him until maybe a couple months ago. I don't think he has DSA connections or anything. Went directly from some extremely obscure local office to Bernie endorsement and liberal media circuit. Seems very artificial to rise so quickly, with no apparent difficulty, and no opposition from Dem establishment.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

No one heard of him until maybe a couple months ago.

Screams op all by itself even without considering all the nazi shit

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this the guy Hassan has been talking about recently? Or was that someone else?

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

yeah thats him. fwiw Hasan has not been a tattoo defender, and seems to no longer be a fan of this guy. Low bar but good to see.

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda seems like a fumble inherent to the medium. If you're just gonna stream of consciousness into a camera for hours on end, you're inevitably gonna eat crow on a half-formed opinion that was rushed out to fill dead air. Aping the style of cable news, but without the hundreds of hours of behind-the-camera labor that goes into making it all look off the cuff and effortless.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Surprising given his takes on Ukraine. He seemed to think that "russia being so bad" justifies "Ukrainian communists and nazis working together" - which is honestly repulsive if know what happened with Ukrainian communists during the maidan coup.

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

fine with him being a war criminal though

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I like how it's the nazi tats that made this dude change his mind and not how he was a piece of shit genocidal "soldier" who went on 5 different tours

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aren't the Dems running an old lady against him? I thought that's why there was so much hubbub, it seems like it's a contested primary (otherwise it makes the people covering for this Nazi even more embarrassing)

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

yeah, the primary is really reflecting the two factions inside the party: 95 year old centrists who can no longer walk or speak, vs fake leftists who turn into raging right-wingers at the first opportunity, but maintain "populist" cultural signifiers. A big part of the party is backing the 2nd strategy apparently.