General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Did You Know: Anyone Opposing Chelsea Manning's Senate Bid Has An Old Straight White Man Fetish? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,851 posts)Other than she's filed to run.
But it strikes me as incredibly naive that she's running for the Senate against a popular Democratic incumbent. If she's serious about a political career, she should start with something that's at least somewhat winnable. I have no idea what the political landscape is exactly where she lives, but running for the state legislature would be a better start. If she is living in a district (house or senate) that she could realistically run for.
My guess is that she has had zero connection to actual on the ground politics, probably doesn't even know what a precinct chair is, has never attended any kind of meeting of local Democrats.
I'm also willing to predict that her campaign, such as it is, won't even last through the primary.
And it's possible to see Chelsea Manning as utterly unqualified at this point to be a United States Senator and not be someone who hates transgender people. Or women.