This is just the left version of MAGA’s “they’re all corrupt, but at least Trump is honest about it” claim. Corrosive anti-institutional cynicism. Many elected leaders are sincere and thoughtful in their views and work hard to know their communities. But that’s less fun than being angry all the time

March 17, 2026 - 13:32 UTC

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dude you are angry all the time
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If 26 years old is too young be an effective congressperson, why is the minimum age 25?

(Alexander Hamilton was 25 when he was appointed delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, and 30 when he wrote his Federalist Papers. Just saying.)
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I support Kat. I hope she wins!
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Kat has about a 40% chance of winning today.
And if she does, expect a lot more candidates like this to pop up in cities
it makes sense to resent instituitions that hate you so it’s time to send people to office who are willing to burn it down to build it up
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" who are willing to burn it down "

Start with your house, arsonist
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Burning it down to build it up doesn't work. The process doesn't move quickly enough for it to work, so you end up with systems that get partially burned down, that never get replaced or corrected.
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We all saw what electing geriatric politicians with "experience" has brought us, so I don't know who you're trying to convince here.
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Cool, so is Kat sincere and thoughtful? Or is she, as a mere 26 yo, incapable of this? Is a 26 yo incapable of working hard to get to know their communities?
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You keep criticizing her on her age, but then twist that to undercut the very real community outreach (that whole "work hard to know their communities" thing) you were just criticizing her of doing unprofessionally.
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Will, have you taken any money for posts/commentary you’ve created from Unmute Democracy?
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No, it's not "the left version of Maga", Jesus! You can criticize Abughazaleh for being too online or too young or too aloof, fair game. But this is not the same thing as being corrupt, let alone corrupt on a Trump level. What are we doing here?!
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Try reading the part in quotes to see how this is the leftist version of the thing in question
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You're witnessing an idiot with a platform is all.
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I would vote for Kat if I lived in her district, and have donated to her.

I also think your point here about elected leaders is undeniably true.
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I’ve never seen anyone on the left make that argument. The argument is that corruption alienates democratic voters more than it does republican voters. And Dems should maybe stop being corrupted by right wing billionaires and organizations
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I love that Will is trying to conflate being young w corruption here
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Being from Minneapolis following him was useful, but knowing how stupid he is has turned me off now.
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I rarely see Kat angry. Her campaign looked like a lot of fun. She literally organized her community to do mutual aid. Get that Woke Ginger bag tho. www.ms.now/news/kat-abughazaleh-dark-money-influencers
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The comment you replied to says "the majority of elected leaders..." and you counter by pointing to the fact that many elected leaders are sincere and thoughtful. Both can be true and you seem to be strawman-ing the original comment into an over-generalization.
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Coming after her age is weak, dude. Especially considering that her actions and campaign have essentially refuted all of your lame accusations. Did you see the debate? Where her rivals agreed with her on every point? But made her say it first?
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Ah, both sides ARE bad, you see.
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Oh cut it out Stancil. Casting me as left-MAGA is bullshit. It is wildly naive (or simply uninformed!) to pretend that there's no cynicism or self-enrichment among establishment politicians, and yes, demonstrably many either do not care about their constituents or actively make their lives worse!
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It would help if you could understand that your skeet has exactly the same taste as MAGA's "everyone is corrupt but our guy can fix it".

Oh, Kat's not cynical? So are most politicians who operate on the "we can improve society" wing of the spectrum
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Really gutsy to screenshot it instead of actually quote you with the notification, huh
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Putting me on blast to your 100K+ followers isn't going to change the fact that you are rejecting Abughazaleh purportedly because of an association even you yourself admit is not a slam dunk which wouldn't even disqualify her based on those currently in the position.
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Changing significant parts of your platform the day before an election (and weeks after early voting) without comment, seemingly at the behest of a wrecker shithead seems pretty cynical actually!
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It’s not naive or uninformed. It’s disingenuous. He’s getting his bag. www.ms.now/news/kat-abughazaleh-dark-money-influencers
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Unfortunately nuance only exists to Will when he's defending men that take advantage of women
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No cynicism or self-enrichment among professional influencers, by comparison
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MAGA but leftisty
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Hasn't Kat's campaign been heading mutual aid efforts locally?
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Yes.
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When it comes to elected leaders, please trust Will, who definitely has experience on what it takes to be elected (Please don't fact-check this information)
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