platner is not a Known Name, which might be to his benefit, honestly. what we've seen so far is promising, and he's already staked himself out on being pro-palestine and pro-trans, so he's definitely not listening to the people up top, that's for sure.
whether he is truly the real deal or not, i can't say, but at the very least, he's looking a hell of a lot more convincing on being the real deal than 99 percent of the party.
fingers crossed they either don't ratfuck him with Mills or at least fail trying
The fundraising text I got from him began with "I get these stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn't bother me if Democratic leadership was actually doing something useful right now." Real deal or not, he's definitely read the room.
A leftist with no name recognition and a Bernie endorsement is gonna win a statewide election… how?
...by campaigning and actually getting people to like/support him?