After 250 Years, Our American Republic Is Coming Apart
The crisis we face today is existential. Too many Americans, both native-born and naturalized, have been taught to despise their country.The crisis we face today is existential. Too many Americans, both native-born and naturalized, have been taught to despise their country.AOC weighs in on Platner’s laundry list of scandals — and her take is shocking
On June 9, Graham Platner won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maine, securing approximately 72% of the vote in the primary to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.
His campaign was highly scandal-ridden due to revelations, including a chest tattoo resembling a Nazi SS symbol, sexually explicit texts sent to other women while married, allegations from multiple ex-partners of emotional volatility, heavy drinking, and physically threatening or abusive behavior, and resurfaced Reddit posts containing remarks many found offensive, homophobic, and inflammatory.
Despite these controversies, Platner prevailed with strong grassroots and progressive support.
BlazeTV's Pat Gray was surprised by the lack of outrage. “None of these scandals have had any effect on his candidacy,” he sighs.
But what shocked him even more was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) comments to reporters on Tuesday. Following Platner’s victory, the democratic socialist — and one of the most vocal critics of Republican scandals — appeared to hypocritically shrug off his numerous controversies.
“When it comes to the substance of this reporting, obviously there's a lot in that behavior that's really challenging. It's hard to stomach ... but at the end of the day, I think that this is a choice,” she told CNN’s Manu Raju.
“If the choice on the ballot is between that and a senator who's voted to take health care away from millions of Americans, that's the situation that we have to weigh,” she added.
Co-host Keith Malinak translates her words: "Is he sexting with women and wearing Nazi tattoos and mocking those that serve in our armed forces? Yeah, but he would vote for the government to spend money for other people's health insurance.”
“I mean, she literally said something like, ‘at the end of the day, it's a choice.’ What a profound statement that is,” scoffs Pat. “Obviously it's a choice, and you made the bad choice there.”
Jeffy speculates that the scandals surrounding Platner are likely even deeper, considering progressive activists Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, who recruited Platner, admitted in an interview with Wall Street Journal reporter Aaron Zitner to paying a professional vetting/opposition research firm “a whole chunk of money” to scrub Platner before his campaign even began.
But it wasn’t wholly effective given the scandals that have dominated the news cycle of late — including a deleted post from 2021 where Platner wrote, “I got older and became a communist.”
“It’s despicable,” says Pat.
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AOC’s fiery voting rights speech mocked after major speech blunder in Alabama
Following redistricting in the South, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) delivered a passionate speech on voting rights and political organizing in Alabama, where she called on activists from northern states to “pull up” on their southern neighbors.
During the speech, AOC argued that protecting voting rights leads to better schools, expanded health care, and broader political representation, while warning supporters that opponents fear people “coming together” across state lines.
“It is time for the North to pull up to the South," AOC yelled, "It is time for New York to pull up to Alabama. It is time for all of us to come to Georgia, to Louisiana, to Tennessee, to Mississippi and let them know exactly what they have uncorked with this injustice."
“Because when black Americans have the right to vote and that vote is protected, our schools get funded. When voting rights are protected, health care gets expanded. When voting rights are protected, our country moves forward,” she said.
“And Montgomery, that’s what they’re actually afraid of. They’re afraid of us coming together. They’re afraid of us protecting one another. Alabama is the crucible. Georgia is the crucible. Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi is the crucible,” she continued.
“It is time to pull up. Because what they thought was the final blow is actually just the opening silo,” she yelled.
BlazeTV host Pat Gray laughs, saying, “Of course, she means salvo. It’s ‘the opening salvo.’”
“She doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” he adds.
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AOC thinks billionaires ‘can’t exist’ — but might win 2028 election
Former bartender and current Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is proving that no matter where you come from — or what ridiculous ideas you have — you can still be taken seriously as a potential candidate for president of the United States.
And BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere tells co-host Dave Landau that AOC, who is one of “the most famous politicians in America” while also being “a dunce,” is “surging to a lead in the 2028 primary for the first time.”
“AOC?” Dave asks, shocked.
“Yes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” Stu replies.
“I just went blind in my right eye for a moment,” Dave jokes.
“It is legitimately possible that she could win,” Stu adds, before playing a clip of the congresswoman telling Ilana Glazer on the “It’s Open” podcast that billionaires “can’t earn” $1 billion.
“There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned. Right? You can’t earn $1 billion. You just can’t earn that. You can get market power. You can break rules. You can do all sorts of things. You can abuse labor laws. You can pay people less than what they’re worth. But you can’t earn that,” AOC explained.
“And so, you have to create a myth that since you didn’t earn that, you have to create a myth of earning it,” she added.
“I don’t have $1 billion,” Dave comments, “but I don’t trust anyone telling someone they didn’t earn the money they earned.”
“I don’t know when the country became this way,” Stu adds, “but they are this way now where you just get to, without accomplishing anything on your own, you get to just say that no one else deserves what they have achieved in their lives.”
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