What we really learned from Graham Platner’s dropout video: The Maine Democrat seemed like a man who knew what voters wanted: the dually harnessed powers of grievance and moxie. When he suspended his campaign, he offered dark warnings. - "By the time he started asking what you, an average person, would do if you learned that 'large forces were working against you personally,' it became clear that when a public figure posts a grievance-filled video that you (an average person) agree with, it’s inspirational, but otherwise it’s, uh, conspiracy-adjacent. Are the large forces in the room with us right now? Political pundits use the word 'defiant' when they’re trying not to say 'weird.'
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"The trouble with running a campaign on authenticity is that once you’ve assured voters that they can believe you are who you are, it’s hard to turn around and say, except that part. It’s hard to say, believe that I am who I say I am in a campaign ad, but not in social media posts; believe who my wife says I am, but not other women."
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