Is @EricLevitz unaware that @marwilliamson is running? At certain point it’s a real credibility issue when a journalist writes a sentence like: “[Biden] faces no leftist challenger save Cornel West’s Green Party campaign.”
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I wasn't aware that she identifies as a leftist. If that is the case, I will amend to "no serious leftist challenger." (I consider Williamson's candidacy unserious because of her dearth of both popular support and relevant experience.)
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The fact that you don't know that "I identify as a leftist" means you have not looked to my candidacy at all. At 9% in national polls at this point, it''s not true that I have no popular support. That you personally feel I have no "relevant experience" - that therefore you get to determine whether I even exist as a factor in this election - makes your legitimacy as a journalist as questionable in my mind as my legitimacy as a candidate is questionable in yours.

Jul 29, 2023 · 11:56 PM UTC

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Being 1mm to the left of Mitch McConnell doesn't actually make you a leftist anywhere except in the United States...