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This guy is totally a fake wealthy backed candidate meant to electioneer a win. An unholy blue maga combination of black ops and illiberalism. You have got to hand it to them though, so credit where credit is due. They have done a great job promoting this POS despite the fact that he is a murderous motherfucker.
The question is why is the Fight Agency group that lined up to elect Mamdani also lining up to elect Platner if he’s unholy black ops illiberalism?
The question is why are the elites hand picking candidates to win elections. It's gross and disgusting perversion of politics more akin to a spectacle like wrestling. If you think an ex mercenary knuckle head who does what he is told is your speed then more power to you.
The elites like the AFL and CIO. 🙄
I saw him sitting in interviews being fed lines by his handlers. You might be fooled by this garbage disney story making a normal guy a politician with a wave of the magic wand nonsense, but I am not
His "career" is thanks to a team of political operatives who worked on Fetterman's camp. So you can take your nonsense and peddle it somewhere else.
Got a source for that? Am genuinly curious
You can read about him here.
https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/graham-platner-profile/
Nothing I am saying is really controversial other than I really don't like him. He is supposedly not politically aligned with him, but his team has several former Fetterman staffers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/graham-platner-says-no-john-fetterman-gets-concerns-rcna242667
Not only that, but he also "found" by the same group that helped to create Fetterman.
thanks 👍