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Last night, in the wake of the news about Graham Platner, our public unendorsement of him, and our sense of alarm we felt watching everything go down, we made a mistake. When we received the information about Troy Jackson, our fear was that the left was about to accidently rally behind another potential monster. We panicked and spread unverified allegations in a post about Troy Jackson that has rightfully received criticism. We agree with many of you that we acted in a manner that was irresponsible and inappropriate. This post was inexcusable. It is not the only post that is inexcusable, and we ourselves need to make a change. In the past month, many of the statements we’ve released about particular candidates have not served as the open forums on things we find important as we had hoped. To paraphrase a particularly resonant criticism, it reads as self-important, not actually important, and has only served to damage the movement. It is clear it is not our place to make these kinds of declarations about candidates, nor are we good at it. We are a young org comprised of a bunch of livestream chatters coming together to try and learn how to do politics. As we publicly learn many of the same lessons that our peers already have, we hope to grow into the kind of organization that we expect ourselves to be. We want to be helpful in advancing leftist politics, and we regret that we have let everyone down with our statements. We will be taking down our post about Troy Jackson and leaving this kind of thing to people far more qualified. We deeply apologize to Troy Jackson and to other candidates whom we rushed to speak negatively about recently. Benjamin Gilbert-Lif (Deputy Executive Director)

Last night, in the wake of the news about Graham Platner, our public unendorsement of him, and our sense of alarm we felt watching everything go down, we made a mistake. When we received the information about Troy Jackson, our fear was that the left was about to accidently rally behind another potential monster. We panicked and spread unverified allegations in a post about Troy Jackson that has rightfully received criticism. We agree with many of you that we acted in a manner that was irresponsible and inappropriate. This post was inexcusable. It is not the only post that is inexcusable, and we ourselves need to make a change. In the past month, many of the statements we’ve released about particular candidates have not served as the open forums on things we find important as we had hoped. To paraphrase a particularly resonant criticism, it reads as self-important, not actually important, and has only served to damage the movement. It is clear it is not our place to make these kinds of declarations about candidates, nor are we good at it. We are a young org comprised of a bunch of livestream chatters coming together to try and learn how to do politics. As we publicly learn many of the same lessons that our peers already have, we hope to grow into the kind of organization that we expect ourselves to be. We want to be helpful in advancing leftist politics, and we regret that we have let everyone down with our statements. We will be taking down our post about Troy Jackson and leaving this kind of thing to people far more qualified. We deeply apologize to Troy Jackson and to other candidates whom we rushed to speak negatively about recently. Benjamin Gilbert-Lif (Deputy Executive Director)

@Staroxvia So we don’t get a second platner, wtf

OH MY FUCKING GOD. STOP POSTING. WHAT ARE YOU DOING. WHY WOULD YOU ***IMMEDIATELY*** INJECT THIS MUCH CHAOS INTO THE NARRATIVE

@LeftyWinter We really want everyone to do due diligence here, we shouldn’t jump behind a candidate without vetting after what we just went thru

Run, Troy Run!

@Socialist_Wins Just a word of caution, let’s not jump behind him too quickly. We hope what we are hearing is false.

Who knew, the path to a DSA-endorsed senator runs through the Platner scandal.

@YELLOWFACEUSA @steelersbu22792 Not that we are aware of at this time, but the behavior is widespread.

@ProgressiveVic @steelersbu22792 Anything about shah?

@LeftyTaurus89 Oof

@steelersbu22792 Wait till you hear the shit we heard about other prominent Maine Democrats that we are not yet choosing to share.

@ProgressiveVic What the actual fuck is wrong with the Maine senate candidates Jesus Christ

@Mike_from_PA We’ve spent the afternoon talking to progressives in Maine about Troy. We really really hope what we are being told proves to be false.

Is Troy Jackson a reasonable choice to replace him? Who else can progressives get behind? Platner won because of his progressive politics, he shouldn't be replaced by someone who represents the establishment.

@PostLeftWatch I mean, I still think fence sitting is with criticism. We obviously know she has an opinion and as a thought leader in the space its her responsibility to share it so we can make informed decisions

Cenk Uygur criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last month for giving a noncommittal comment about Graham Platner. AOC's non-endorsement looks better and better by the day.

Libs had Swalwell and lefties had Platner. Unlike MAGA all the factions of left dropped their sex pests with prejudice!

You worked for Bill Clinton stfu

disgusting and simply not even true

This map is rough now

@newanimeavi Not a rapist

What you believed him to be? And what was that??

@crazygamesninja @grahamformaine @TroyJackson207 Organizing department looking into it

@ProgressiveVic @grahamformaine Would you support @TroyJackson207 to replace him?

We have seen enough, the new allegations against @grahamformaine make it clear that he is not what we believed him to be. No rapist can call themselves a progressive and expect to get away with it in the end. We unequivocally revoke our endorsement and demand he drop out.

@TheRebeccaRowan Actually we do

inb4 Platner rebrands as a Republican because they don’t mind elevating sexual abusers.

@PubWanghaf Our stance

@Henryla123 Here

Update?

@AviBittMD @BaileePolitics Well for starters that Graham is a rapist

@ProgressiveVic @BaileePolitics I can agree with this if you actually end up learning something. What have you learned?