I often disagree with Jacobin. But I’d say they’re on the right here. Planter is a meathead. But a well intentioned meathead willing to face and own up to his flaws. That’s a big thing. A thing that leaves far too many to never try for fear of failing. If I were able to vote in his election. I would rather vote for someone who would try, even if the might fail. Than a soon to be octogenarian who wouldn’t rock the boat.

I’d like to see widely-citable sourcing for the claims that he apologized and actually covered the Nazi tattoo. Ideally with “before” and “after” pics.

“Right winger pretends to be woke to get D Senate seat, then fucks us all over” is a hell of a scam, and it’s arguably happened at least twice since Obama was in office.

And, yeah, “so called centrist dems fearmonger over candidate to their left” is way more frequent a play. Which is why seeing citations that are more than “we read his reddit history” are worthwhile