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Celerity

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19. You said : 'I'd love to see AOC speak up. She was the only DSA elected to decline endorsing Platner.'

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 05:41 PM

22 hrs ago

That is false.

The only elected US House member (and he is not even DSA) to officially endorse Platner was Ro Khanna.

The only elected DSA related member in either chamber to endorse Platner was Sanders.

Here is a snapshot of the Platner endorsements taken on June 29th, a week before the rape allegations dropped:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260629155337/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine#Democratic_primary

here is a live link showing all those endorsements (including all that were rescinded)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine

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DSA sent out a letter telling DSA candidates and elected officials to no longer work with Morris Katz or Fight Agency [View all] Quiet Em 23 hrs ago OP

Katz also worked with Mamdani TBF 23 hrs ago #1

That is true. RandySF 23 hrs ago #4

the red flags were EVERYWHERE Skittles 23 hrs ago #11

We were Deluged with Red Flags! Cha 19 hrs ago #28

Yeah, Mamdani needs to remove him from any advisor or staffing role Katz has Quiet Em 23 hrs ago #6

Mamdani was a good candidate and ran a good campaign. yardwork 20 hrs ago #22

Is this real? RandySF 23 hrs ago #2

It appears to be real Quiet Em 23 hrs ago #5

Bluesky post linking to letter Quiet Em 23 hrs ago #7

AOC never endorsed Platner DemocratSinceBirth 23 hrs ago #10

Good point. I bet she has excellent street skills/smarts. nt TBF 23 hrs ago #14

Bartender, attractive, presumably she has seen it all. DemocratSinceBirth 23 hrs ago #15

She'd interned for Ted Kennedy and later worked for a presidential campaign before running, not new to politics. betsuni 19 hrs ago #27

Wow DSA Boo1 23 hrs ago #3

Looks like rank and file members. RandySF 23 hrs ago #8

You said : 'I'd love to see AOC speak up. She was the only DSA elected to decline endorsing Platner.' Celerity 22 hrs ago #19

She also didn't endorse her former Cha 19 hrs ago #29

A wise decision on her part. comradebillyboy 18 hrs ago #31

Yes! Cha 18 hrs ago #32

The DSA is nothing if not authoritarian. lapucelle 23 hrs ago #9

The DSA is proud to be authoritarian. yardwork 20 hrs ago #23

Having a position makes them authoritarian? orthoclad 20 hrs ago #25

Sorry, that doesn't work on me. lapucelle 18 hrs ago #30

Oh. "Communist" orthoclad 17 hrs ago #34

Bullfeathers. It's not doing PEDO's work for him Cha 17 hrs ago #35

I guess it burned more than a little bit. lapucelle 8 hrs ago #36

you said : 'I'm sorry but I'm getting very concerned that Platner is not going to withdraw' Celerity 23 hrs ago #12

I saw. Quiet Em 23 hrs ago #13

yw Celerity 22 hrs ago #16

this is good to hear rollin74 22 hrs ago #17

Here's the bottom line, regardless of your opinion of Katz, he's a strategist Deminpenn 22 hrs ago #18

He received a lot of credit for Mamdani, but it was Tish James, AOC and Mamdani himself Quiet Em 22 hrs ago #20

Morris Katz reminds me of David Axlerod and the God Save podcast guys lapucelle 7 hrs ago #38

Lots of people have a winning message. yardwork 20 hrs ago #24

Potential progressive candidates should go. . . DinahMoeHum 19 hrs ago #26

He was also Team Fetterman and helped get him elected. intheflow 22 hrs ago #21

What about Moraff? Not looking for a bloodbath, just the person most responsible for vetting. nt scipan 18 hrs ago #33

Apparently the argument is that Justice Democrats PAC already iced out Moraff lapucelle 7 hrs ago #37