MA-SEN Megathread: Senator Markey wins

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The Kennedy’s have done a lot for this country and for our state.

Who cares what people related to JK3 have done? He hasn't done any of those things.

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Dropping my support of Kennedy, I endorse Markey

Lean Kennedy -> Safe Markey

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Kennedy hasn't run a great campaign, but Markey's campaign has been despicable.

He's been turning this race into a referendum on the Kennedy family and allied himself with these absolute assholes on the far-left who act as his shock troops doing everything they can to trash JKIII and the Kennedys as a whole.  Most of them had no idea who Kennedy or Markey were three months ago and now they're turned "Vote for Markey" into a progressive litmus test.

And you want to talk personal attacks?  Markey fired first.  But really, he's been firing throughout this campaign by letting Rose Twitter do the dirty work of oppo and character assassination against JKIII.

Such a shame that JKIII fell into this bear trap.  He was a rising star in the party, and ordinarily, running a primary campaign against a 74-year-old incumbent who's lost touch with his district is something we're cool with.  Right, AOC and Cori Bush fans?

Unfortunately, Markey used this destructive, divisive strategy, and now even if JKIII wins his career is going to be forever kneecapped by the relentless demonization and character assassination he's endured from the progressive left, for nothing other than the crime of challenging The Great Ed Markey, who I repeat, none of these people actually knows anything about other than that he's AOC's buddy.  Imagine if someone told them he voted for the Iraq War.  According to Bernie, that's a disqualifying mistake.

Stay mad lol

No, but GMA has a point here. All of you cheerleaded primaries against Clay, Engel, Crowley, etc., arguing that they were too old or deserved a challenge or whatever. It does puzzle me that some people can't apply the same standard to Markey.

He only has a point if you're incapable of complex thought. Do you really think that people who largely backed Bernie Sanders for president are motivated by a principled opposition to old white men being in office and not any sort of policy? If you can't see a difference between primarying someone from the left and primarying someone from the right, then it means your politics is purely about aesthetics, which is your prerogative, but don't assume that everyone else looks at things the same way.

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If you think Markey and Kennedy are basically the same ideologically, then you haven't been paying attention either to this race or either man's record and career. In either case, I have some ocean front property in Oklahoma I'm willing to sell to anyone who actually believes this.

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Wait a minute isn't Pelosi to the left of Markey.

No?