Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor and the Democratic primary candidate for the state’s 1st Congressional District Alex Morse just received a pivotal endorsement: that of popular Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez voiced her approval for Morse on Tuesday. Morse welcomed the endorsement with open arms, taking to Twitter to share his elation. “What a day! 1st – @CarmenYulinCruz endorsed. Then – we released our closing ad. JUST NOW – @AOC‘s @CouragetoChange endorsed us. Help us end the day strong.”
What a day!
1st – @CarmenYulinCruz endorsed ?
Then – we released our closing ad ?
JUST NOW – @AOC's @CouragetoChange endorsed us ?Help us end the day strong ?
Click here to see our closing ad and chip in $3 or whatever you can afford NOW: https://t.co/fyp02Qym9B pic.twitter.com/fWazth6ss4
— Alex Morse (@AlexBMorse) August 25, 2020
Morse further underlined the endorsement, releasing a statement saying: “When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took on her own entrenched incumbent in 2018, she changed public service for the better, further inspiring me and so many others to fight for our districts and empower those who have long been forgotten. I am honored to have the congresswoman’s Courage to Change in our corner, and it will be the honor of my life to bring the people alongside me to Washington.”
The endorsement comes at a key moment for Morse, who has fought an ugly battle with incumbent Rep. Richard Neal, a fellow Democrat. Morse has also had to endure a homophobic smear campaign, in which several college students accused Morse of using his position as mayor to seduce men as young as 18, according to NBC News.
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The Intercept later published an investigation that revealed the college students had planned and coordinated the attack on Morse. The students had hoped destroying Morse’s campaign would help them secure internships with the office of Richard Neal.
Catholicslutbox
So sexing someone 18+ years old makes you a pedo?
Oh Queerty…..,,,,
controversial2019
I can’t see anywhere on this page where Queerty calls him (or implies he is) a paedo.
Their use of ‘as young as’ does make it sound more scandalous than it needs to be, but that said there are many people who find it “creepy” or “wrong” when men over 23 hit on “barely legal” people. I think that’s what they were getting at, people suggesting the guys were “as young as 18” adds to the perceived scandal…but they’ve not said or implied paedo.
Catholicslutbox
They edited the article. Probably after they read my post.
The original article had a sentence that said something similar to, “they hatched the plan to make him seem like a pedo, because that’s what gay men are viewed as.”
controversial2019
Hey – thanks for explaining about the edit. I read your comment and thought whaaaaa? And now it makes sense.
Other places tend to have a strap line at top of bottom saying “The articles was edited on *date*” or something to demonstrate editing occurred. Would be cool if Queerty did that ?
Creamsicle
I can’t get over how establishment Dems were more than willing to resort to a homophobic manufactured scandal. The state party worked with campus Democrat orgs in a quid-pro-quo that would allow them to turn them into DC politicos.
That’s the real scandal here. Adults can make own choices. Even if men are made “uncomfortable,” over grindr and tinderessages, how is that scandal-worthy when the leader of the party habitually makes women uncomfortable by sniffing their hair, rubbing their shoulders, and giving unsolicited embraces?
jami_h30
You should just quit your “reporting” on this story, you blew it completely. Attempts to save your face like this one are not making it any better.
IndependentThinker
AOC will be begging Amazon to come to NYC. People are leaving that Democrat controlled shit-hole in droves. Maybe she is planning to move .
stuffedpuppy
Somehow, I am sad to say, I trust AOCs endorsement of Alex Porter (far) more than Queerty’s attempts at reporting facts on this matter. “barely 18” how old did you expect these students to be “nearly 55”?
Also, stop deleting comments from those who disagree with you! Woke, doesn’t become you.
o.codone
AOC hounded the sh_it out of Amazon until they told her to eff herself, which is exactly the response she deserved. 25 thousand jobs for people who deserved them, and *could do them*. It wasn’t all tech jobs like she said. All the collateral jobs, coffee shops, dry cleaners, ubers, mom and pop’s are not tech jobs. She should be ashamed of herself. And WHY New Yorker’s continue to vote for abject clowns like AOC (all out crazy), and Kaiser Wilhelm DeBlasio (look it up), I will never know. You get the government you vote for people. New Yorker’s, open your eyes
stuffedpuppy
Yeah, right AOC had a vendetta against Jeff Bezos. True intellectuals commenting in this section!! FFS. WHAT/who can be more Democrat(ic) than Amazon/Bezos. The Russian Troll invasion is Real!! LMAO