David Trone for senate

[Anonymous]

Would never vote for him. The wealth gap is too large and I would also prefer someone who did not purchase their seat a la Sucession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Only if you support the terrible idea that white cis males are better qualified to make legislative decisions for everyone.

The point is not that he's not qualified, but that we need a diversity of opinion in our national Legislature to have more equal representation and viewpoint when making national decisions that affect everyone. Electing "yet another rich white man" is copping out on trying to ensure that we have equal representation and opinions in the US Congress. Since incumbents tend to have an advantage when going for reelection, this is our one chance to change the representation for Maryland in the US Congress. Chris Van Hollen is only 64, and is likely to stay for another 15ish years, so we may not have another chance to change our representation for quite a while.

So, I think it is very important to get someone other than YARWM, so I don't think it is at all absurb to discount him because he represents just another part of the problem. I think it is actually very important to vote to change that pattern now.

So we should choose a worse candidate for the sake of diversity, even if the more diverse candidate makes everyone worse off?

This is an interesting idea.

It’s the current mantra of the Democratic Party. Which is why I agree that the powers that be in the MD Dem party will never allow two old white guys to represent the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Why is it dumb?

You think its a smart take to bag on someone for being succesful in business?

Yes, because as a many who is a many times millionaire, he is distanced from the middle class and does not really know or understand the perspective of 90% of his constituency. He has shown a pattern for the last two decades that he is willing to throw money at problems. He believes that money is the way to solve politics and he has invested millions of his own money to influence politics over the last 20+ years. How can you expect that someone like this will truly understand and legislate on behalf of the interests of the middle and underclasses when he has never been a part of that group and has shown he has no understanding of how they live and how laws affect them.

I don't much about his background, but he appears to be largely self-made and grew up on a farm that eventually went bankrupt. Who are you to claim he doesn't understand the problems of the middle and lower classes?

Because of his history prior to starting politics. Before he got into politics, he spend beaucoup bucks lobbying to create special waivers for businesses to violate state law in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Delaware. There are laws that govern pricing for alcohol, largely to prevent big companies from preying on poor residents. Trone spent millions of dollars trying to create special waivers so that he could do exactly that, prey on the poor residents, some of whom had alcohol problems, but he was willing to bilk them for more than they could afford. He also violated state law in Pennsylvania. Had the ATF not broken the law and had cases against him thrown out of court, he would likely have been found guilty and served prison time. Instead, the cases were thrown out and Trone's withdrew his business from Pennsylvania to avoid clashing with the law again. He's also had legal issues in Massachusetts. So, he does what is good for himself and does not stand up for the middle and lower classes.

Prior to joining politics, he often hosted fund raisers and charity events for pro-business Republican candidates. These are candidates who had terrible policies towards the middle and lower classes. His business interests were more important than the interests of the poor and working classes. His candidates were often against social services, wanted to decrease social safety nets and eliminate progmams like unemployment insurance.

He has only flipped to supporting liberal policies because that's what gets him elected in Montgomery County. But he doesn't have strong liberal tendancies himself. He champions causes that make him look good rather than causes he truly believes in or supports. He's a fair-weather liberal and if his political fortunes will be better supported by different policies he'll go with those. He's a DINO and we need someone who truly looks out for Marylanders rather than his own financial or political gain.

[Anonymous]

Another “I’m voting for him”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trone is actually a highly successful businessman who knows how to create jobs and grow the economy, which is more than one can say about the silly TP/SS crowd who have never had a real job.

Bingo

Please god know of the Takoma Park mafia with no real world experience.

It's a like a priest telling me how to be a better spouse..they have never been married..what do they know!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trone is actually a highly successful businessman who knows how to create jobs and grow the economy, which is more than one can say about the silly TP/SS crowd who have never had a real job.

Bingo

Please god know of the Takoma Park mafia with no real world experience.

It's a like a priest telling me how to be a better spouse..they have never been married..what do they know!?

*none of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Only if you support the terrible idea that white cis males are better qualified to make legislative decisions for everyone.

The point is not that he's not qualified, but that we need a diversity of opinion in our national Legislature to have more equal representation and viewpoint when making national decisions that affect everyone. Electing "yet another rich white man" is copping out on trying to ensure that we have equal representation and opinions in the US Congress. Since incumbents tend to have an advantage when going for reelection, this is our one chance to change the representation for Maryland in the US Congress. Chris Van Hollen is only 64, and is likely to stay for another 15ish years, so we may not have another chance to change our representation for quite a while.

So, I think it is very important to get someone other than YARWM, so I don't think it is at all absurb to discount him because he represents just another part of the problem. I think it is actually very important to vote to change that pattern now.

So we should choose a worse candidate for the sake of diversity, even if the more diverse candidate makes everyone worse off?

This is an interesting idea.

It’s the current mantra of the Democratic Party. Which is why I agree that the powers that be in the MD Dem party will never allow two old white guys to represent the state.

Voters select the candidate. Its amazing how you think the party selects them, yeah? Huh, Barbara Lee is a black woman and has a majority of the endorsements (same with Alsobrooks) and she's running a distant third too two white candidates. Its almost as if the voters will select who they want.

Must be a Bernie Bro still upset about 2016 and 2020

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Only if you support the terrible idea that white cis males are better qualified to make legislative decisions for everyone.

The point is not that he's not qualified, but that we need a diversity of opinion in our national Legislature to have more equal representation and viewpoint when making national decisions that affect everyone. Electing "yet another rich white man" is copping out on trying to ensure that we have equal representation and opinions in the US Congress. Since incumbents tend to have an advantage when going for reelection, this is our one chance to change the representation for Maryland in the US Congress. Chris Van Hollen is only 64, and is likely to stay for another 15ish years, so we may not have another chance to change our representation for quite a while.

So, I think it is very important to get someone other than YARWM, so I don't think it is at all absurb to discount him because he represents just another part of the problem. I think it is actually very important to vote to change that pattern now.

Just say you think the black lady from PG County scares you and be done with it. We know what you're really saying.

So we should choose a worse candidate for the sake of diversity, even if the more diverse candidate makes everyone worse off?

This is an interesting idea.

It’s the current mantra of the Democratic Party. Which is why I agree that the powers that be in the MD Dem party will never allow two old white guys to represent the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Only if you support the terrible idea that white cis males are better qualified to make legislative decisions for everyone.

The point is not that he's not qualified, but that we need a diversity of opinion in our national Legislature to have more equal representation and viewpoint when making national decisions that affect everyone. Electing "yet another rich white man" is copping out on trying to ensure that we have equal representation and opinions in the US Congress. Since incumbents tend to have an advantage when going for reelection, this is our one chance to change the representation for Maryland in the US Congress. Chris Van Hollen is only 64, and is likely to stay for another 15ish years, so we may not have another chance to change our representation for quite a while.

So, I think it is very important to get someone other than YARWM, so I don't think it is at all absurb to discount him because he represents just another part of the problem. I think it is actually very important to vote to change that pattern now.

So we should choose a worse candidate for the sake of diversity, even if the more diverse candidate makes everyone worse off?

This is an interesting idea.

It’s the current mantra of the Democratic Party. Which is why I agree that the powers that be in the MD Dem party will never allow two old white guys to represent the state.

Just say you think the black lady from PG County scares you and be done with it. We know what you're really saying.

[Anonymous]

I'm voting for Jawando

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Why is it dumb?

You think its a smart take to bag on someone for being succesful in business?

Yes, because as a many who is a many times millionaire, he is distanced from the middle class and does not really know or understand the perspective of 90% of his constituency. He has shown a pattern for the last two decades that he is willing to throw money at problems. He believes that money is the way to solve politics and he has invested millions of his own money to influence politics over the last 20+ years. How can you expect that someone like this will truly understand and legislate on behalf of the interests of the middle and underclasses when he has never been a part of that group and has shown he has no understanding of how they live and how laws affect them.

I don't much about his background, but he appears to be largely self-made and grew up on a farm that eventually went bankrupt. Who are you to claim he doesn't understand the problems of the middle and lower classes?

Because of his history prior to starting politics. Before he got into politics, he spend beaucoup bucks lobbying to create special waivers for businesses to violate state law in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Delaware. There are laws that govern pricing for alcohol, largely to prevent big companies from preying on poor residents. Trone spent millions of dollars trying to create special waivers so that he could do exactly that, prey on the poor residents, some of whom had alcohol problems, but he was willing to bilk them for more than they could afford. He also violated state law in Pennsylvania. Had the ATF not broken the law and had cases against him thrown out of court, he would likely have been found guilty and served prison time. Instead, the cases were thrown out and Trone's withdrew his business from Pennsylvania to avoid clashing with the law again. He's also had legal issues in Massachusetts. So, he does what is good for himself and does not stand up for the middle and lower classes.

Prior to joining politics, he often hosted fund raisers and charity events for pro-business Republican candidates. These are candidates who had terrible policies towards the middle and lower classes. His business interests were more important than the interests of the poor and working classes. His candidates were often against social services, wanted to decrease social safety nets and eliminate progmams like unemployment insurance.

He has only flipped to supporting liberal policies because that's what gets him elected in Montgomery County. But he doesn't have strong liberal tendancies himself. He champions causes that make him look good rather than causes he truly believes in or supports. He's a fair-weather liberal and if his political fortunes will be better supported by different policies he'll go with those. He's a DINO and we need someone who truly looks out for Marylanders rather than his own financial or political gain.

Sounds like the next season of Succession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hating on Trone because he is a successful businessman and is rich, is just dumb.

It's fine if you prefer Alsobrooks- but the whole "hes rich, he's white, he's a man" is just absurd.

Why is it dumb?

You think its a smart take to bag on someone for being succesful in business?

Yes, because as a many who is a many times millionaire, he is distanced from the middle class and does not really know or understand the perspective of 90% of his constituency. He has shown a pattern for the last two decades that he is willing to throw money at problems. He believes that money is the way to solve politics and he has invested millions of his own money to influence politics over the last 20+ years. How can you expect that someone like this will truly understand and legislate on behalf of the interests of the middle and underclasses when he has never been a part of that group and has shown he has no understanding of how they live and how laws affect them.

I don't much about his background, but he appears to be largely self-made and grew up on a farm that eventually went bankrupt. Who are you to claim he doesn't understand the problems of the middle and lower classes?

Because of his history prior to starting politics. Before he got into politics, he spend beaucoup bucks lobbying to create special waivers for businesses to violate state law in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Delaware. There are laws that govern pricing for alcohol, largely to prevent big companies from preying on poor residents. Trone spent millions of dollars trying to create special waivers so that he could do exactly that, prey on the poor residents, some of whom had alcohol problems, but he was willing to bilk them for more than they could afford. He also violated state law in Pennsylvania. Had the ATF not broken the law and had cases against him thrown out of court, he would likely have been found guilty and served prison time. Instead, the cases were thrown out and Trone's withdrew his business from Pennsylvania to avoid clashing with the law again. He's also had legal issues in Massachusetts. So, he does what is good for himself and does not stand up for the middle and lower classes.

Prior to joining politics, he often hosted fund raisers and charity events for pro-business Republican candidates. These are candidates who had terrible policies towards the middle and lower classes. His business interests were more important than the interests of the poor and working classes. His candidates were often against social services, wanted to decrease social safety nets and eliminate progmams like unemployment insurance.

He has only flipped to supporting liberal policies because that's what gets him elected in Montgomery County. But he doesn't have strong liberal tendancies himself. He champions causes that make him look good rather than causes he truly believes in or supports. He's a fair-weather liberal and if his political fortunes will be better supported by different policies he'll go with those. He's a DINO and we need someone who truly looks out for Marylanders rather than his own financial or political gain.

Sounds like the next season of Succession.

I get Logan Roy vibes from David Trone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trone is actually a highly successful businessman who knows how to create jobs and grow the economy, which is more than one can say about the silly TP/SS crowd who have never had a real job.

He got rich peddling alcohol and cigars.

[Anonymous]

***TEAM JAWANDO***

We need change in this country and a younger, more progressive and inclusive political system will bring about that. Will is the 2nd coming of Obama, he's smart, quick witted and charismatic. Trone and Alsobrooks are centrist, corporate shills meanwhile Will has the Progressive chops to work with Van Hollen and deliver meaningful change for all Marylanders.

Next year, vote smart, vote Will Jawando as your democratic nominee for US Senate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
***TEAM JAWANDO***

We need change in this country and a younger, more progressive and inclusive political system will bring about that. Will is the 2nd coming of Obama, he's smart, quick witted and charismatic. Trone and Alsobrooks are centrist, corporate shills meanwhile Will has the Progressive chops to work with Van Hollen and deliver meaningful change for all Marylanders.

Next year, vote smart, vote Will Jawando as your democratic nominee for US Senate.

Funniest thing I've read on here in a while. Jawando supporters are really dumb if they think Jawando compares favorably with Obama.