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Spectre@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 12 days ago

Zohran Mamdani calls the president of Cuba and Venezuela “dictators who have stifled free and fair elections, jaled political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press”

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Zohran Mamdani calls the president of Cuba and Venezuela “dictators who have stifled free and fair elections, jaled political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press”

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Spectre@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 12 days ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38725765

https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809

  • zeezee@slrpnk.net
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    11 days ago

    Nah I don’t like authoritarian simpers either but Platner is pretty sus

    Just 5 years ago he said he joined the marines because he:

    Wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Joined up in ‘04, did Fallujah and Ramadi, and managed both. Hell of an excellent experience.

    Also he did definitely serve as a prison guard in Abu Ghraib and took part in suppressing people trying to liberate others from being imprisoned and tortured:

    Later, while he was on patrol at Abu Ghraib, there was an attack on the prison. (It was nearly two years after human-rights abuses were first reported at the prison; Platner was not involved.) “That was my first real taste of combat,” he said.

    Also he was calling everything bad “gay” and used “fags” as an insult as late as 2021 (oddly seems a bit closeted tbh but w/e)

    And look it’s not like the Mothership PAC lover Jordan Woods will fight the oligarchy so this kinda leaves Janet Mills who isn’t ideal but idk at least she didn’t rejoice in killing brown people 🤷

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      Extremely sus. So bad that I would not personally touch him with a thousand foot pool. Ex Nazi or current Nazi murderer is not a good look no matter how you slice it.

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