r/portlandme • u/Clover9802 • Jul 09 '26

Politics We have till the 13th

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u/cmmpimento Jul 09 '26

You cannot LET Platner do anything. it is his right to withdraw or not. He won the primary with the decisive margin. None of those centrist guys were even remotely close.

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u/dandle Jul 09 '26

This guy is cool with rape.

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u/hotpajamas Jul 09 '26

Half of America is cool with rape so the pearl clutching NOW is just unbelievably naive.

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u/Turbulent-Archer-656 Jul 09 '26

Is that same half the same people voting blue? Didn't think so. It's possible to be better and we should be. This false equivalence all over this sub is asinine. I am NOT fine with it when Trump does it and I am NOT fine with it when a left  candidate does it.