Members of the Democratic Socialists of America circulated a letter calling on candidates and elected officials to refuse to work with the consultants who handled Graham Platner’s campaign, according to screenshots of the letter shared with The Intercept.

“We, the undersigned, call on DSA candidates and elected officials to no longer contract or work with Morris Katz or Fight Agency, his political consulting firm,” the letter reads. Katz is not a member of DSA.

The letter also noted consultants at the agency like Rebecca Katz, who is not related to Morris, were also behind the campaign of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and said they continued to advise him even after he made a hard-right turn after entering the Senate.

“Morris Katz is one of the chief parties responsible for the catastrophic campaign of scandal-ridden Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner,” the letter says. “Billed as a top adviser to the campaign, Katz helped recruit Platner and supercharged his candidacy with slick video production, friendly media placements, and political connections.”

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    7 days ago

    Yeah man, trying to win is not what the DSA is about. Not if preemptively purging people to maintain purity is an option.

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      Alternatively, one might ask why this agency was running two candidates that sure look like conservative plants.

      Unless you really think the Blackwater mercenary with Nazi tattoos has too much integrity to lie to people about his beliefs.

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        The Nazi theory isn’t stupid because no one would lie. It’s stupid because someone who wanted to lie about their beliefs wouldn’t keep a visible mark of their secret evilness until after launching the high profile campaign and getting caught. Also in his years of shit posting and edgy comments when he thought he was anonymous and wasn’t planning to run for office, he’d probably have said something worse than “why don’t black people tip better”.

        Fetterman has brain damage and is still worse for conservatives than if he served his secret cause by just losing. Platner got undone by being a sex pest and again could have served the secret masters better by just staying in and losing.

        So yeah, someone might ask that question, but they’d look like a nut who doesn’t think through their conspiracy theories very deeply.

        What both Fetterman and Platner have in common was extremely effective campaigns against the Democratic establishment. Hire some extra background checkers or even just use them for campaigning alone if you think their candidate selection is bad. This petition is asking people who have already been selected or who have self selected to not work with him.

        It’s just dumb.

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          Nazis aren’t ashamed of being Nazis, dumbfuck, but they don’t mind lying to water carrying suckers like you.

          One might even call it a traditional tactic.

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            I ask myself seriously: would 19-year-old me know the difference between a Nazi skull-and-crossbones and a pirate one? I looked it up today, and was today years old when I figured out the difference. The Nazis adapted and perverted other popular symbols. I’m kinda willing to give him a pass and believe his story on that.

            The many stories from women saying he was creep and even possibly a rapist? Good riddance. I’m just glad this came out now and not an October surprise.

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            Goddamn are you living up to expectations. None of the reasons a secret Nazi wouldn’t keep a Nazi tattoo are about shame. You apparently think their deception is limited to only words, including those spoken in assumed anonymity. This level of logical thinking is why I usually just downvote this idiocy and move on. Even spelling out why it’s stupid word for word doesn’t get through.