Someone posted an article the other day that was about there was some Democratic Kingmaker who handpicked Platner to run for Senate after seeing a short video of him speaking

Not to rely on the image of the scheming vizier helping someone attain power so that they themselves can ride on their coattails...

But that's basically exactly what happened

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, real stupid on the part of that dem operative to not do their due diligence.

Like half the time all you gotta do to avoid a scandal like this is hire a PI and you'll figure out the candidate is nonviable within a couple of weeks.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago

Literally only vetted him for two days

Most up-and-comers are vetted for a month at least