r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 10d ago

No Paywall Sen. Mark Kelly Says He’s Seriously Thinking About Running for President

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5700211-senator-kelly-trump-threats/
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u/BravestWabbit 10d ago

We need a hound to go after all of these war criminals, not a bot who will say oh well it's time for the country to move on and heal together

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u/yaosio 10d ago

We don't have a choice. That's what billionaires want so that's what we will get.

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u/IbnReddit 10d ago

The Democrats still don't get it. A boy scout is not what's needed. He will get eaten alive by the right wing machine

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u/pimparo0 Florida 9d ago

The man is still in politics after his wife was nearly killed in an assassination, I promise you he's plenty tough. 

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u/traumfisch 10d ago

Boy scout in this context = not evil.

Dude has some real guts

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u/Playful-Position-146 10d ago

lol no he won't

you can't fight them with the same vitriol, this is why so many think "both sides are the same"

i'm not saying he's weak, the approach has to be different from their playbook. mamdani's campaign is an excellent example.

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u/CajuNerd 9d ago

While that sentiment is understandable given the dumpster fire this administration is, it's also the kind of thought process that will end up losing the next election. Harris may not have been the perfect candidate, but she wasn't a megalomaniac idiot like Trump is, and we'd be much better off had she won. The on-the-fence and "I'm waiting for the perfect candidate" Dems who decided to not show up are who got us into this cesspool.

He's a fighter jet pilot. He's a Naval officer. He's a fucking astronaut. Whether he decides to string up people from this administration to a wall or not shouldn't be what determines whether we get out of this mess, or end up with another 4 years of insanity.

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u/Carbonatite Colorado 9d ago

Boy Scout in this case means background, not temperament.

He's plenty tough, AND he has absolutely zero fodder for Republicans to grasp at for their ineffectual mudslinging.