Democrats accuse Dem Senate candidate of being a GOP plant over his past support for the president

There is no controversy. He's absolutely a plant, and everyone knows it.  Here is a video going over the situation: https://youtu.be/fwT96Hma2iQ Basically the the senate race in Nebraska is going to be really close between Ricketts (R) and Osborn (Independent). The Democrats have no chance and don't want to peel votes away from Osborn, since even 3% of Osborn supporters voting Democrat would be enough to guarantee a Republican victory.  So the Democrats didn't run anyone. Ricketts took advantage and got one of his stooges to run in the Democratic primary--figuring he'd win unopposed and the Dems wouldn't be able to remove him from the ballot. Just having a Dem name would draw away enough votes to sink Osborn. Thankfully Cindy Burbank stepped up to run for the Dems at the last minute. If she wins she'll step down and remove her name from the general ballot so Osborn has the best shot to unseat the Republican and screw the GOP Senate majority.  Cindy was actually taken off the ballot by the Nebraska Secretary of State on the grounds that she wasn't a good faith candidate, after complaints by the GOP. But luckily the Nebraska Supreme court reversed the lower court decision last week and ordered her name back on the ballot. So if you want to see the Republicans lose the Senate seat, vote for Cindy Burbank. EDIT: sorry for the confusion. I mistakenly said that she was removed by the state Democrats, but she was removed by the Secretary of State of Nebraska (Robert B. Evnen a Republican) who is in charge of elections, based on a GOP complaint that she wasn't a "good faith" candidate. The Nebraska Supreme Court overturned it and put her back on the ballot, since the GOP complaint was filed too late (outside the 7-day statutory window).

- He couldn’t name a Democrat he actually voted for but insists he’s a lifelong Democrat… who opposes abortion, racial equality, “cultural Marxism”…. Fukk right off.

Good. We don't want anyone who EVER supported the monster in the White House at ANY point in their political career.

Pulling a Fetterman i see

So he talks about how he hates Trump, but supports all his policies. Pretty much text-book Republican.

i mean, just looking at the picture, I believe it 100%

Don't even give this dipshit dweeb the time of day...

>CNN looked into Forbes’ background. He posted several sermons to Facebook, where he railed against “cultural Marxism” (an antisemitic dog whistle), “radical feminism,” and the “left-wing media.” He attacked Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street protestors and praised Republicans for restricting abortion. He also referred to former President Joe Biden as “Dementia Joe.” >Forbes told CNN he has voted for the current president in several elections but insisted that he’s a lifelong Democrat. He was unable to name a single Democrat he had ever voted for but said that he’s a “free thinker” and “not a clone,” which is why he has a history of attending events sponsored by the state Republican Party.

He's a plant, and it's gonna be tough, but I think Osborn can sway people.

lol he even looks like one lol

The GOP are going to lean into this tactic. I have serious concerns about Graham Plantner in Maine as well.

Naturally. Conservatives have nothing to offer of value, so expect even more corruption, betrayal, and deception. Lies and hate are all they have.

Nebraska like a lot of GOP supermajority states are nothing but cronyism and corruption.

John Fetterman?

For a minute there I thought they meant John fetterman

>Conservative pastor That’s not a thing. We can dispense with the euphemisms and just say Nazi

Expect to see more and more of this

It's time we go scorched earth on conservative politics altogether.

Not a single person from a left persuasion uses the term “free thinker” to describe themselves.

Is fetterman from pa one cause at this point he is one to me

He is not the first, will not be the last to do this!

Throw this scumbag out of the race.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

Dude could ironically end up being a spoiler for the GOP candidate causing Osborn to win.

We already know they're capable of it - look at what they did in North Carolina, for starters. We know this guy is absolutely tainted. The party should eject his ass.

WTF, dems? Have you not heard of vetting? Every aspect of every person’s life is out there for anybody to find. Do your f****** homework!

Democrats need to learn how to vet their f****** candidates.

Sadly this is what the democrats reap for giving up on states that used to vote for Dems. I live in Illinois and we still get republicans running for statewide office every election. They usually lose badly but not every time. 

Conservatives proving *once again* that they are pathologically dishonest, and are completely incapable of winning without lying/cheating. 

Corny ahh mfer

There needs to be penalties for plants and people like Sinema

People have done this successfully in my county twice in two recent elections. They both ran as Democrat and as soon as they either won their primary or won the election they changed their entire tune. It's infuriating and dirty. We're stuck without representation and gerrymandered further into a hole. know I am begging to the wrong people but Please do your own due diligence and not vote solely by the D or R by their name. Please don't vote for any turncoat. There is no reason someone should be trying for an office they know nothing about after completely changing their viewpoints. They can start with everyone else and work with the party they're claiming to be obviously brand new to... They need to show not tell.

hey he and fetterman must be bff

Republicans running as Trojan democrats will likely become a trend very soon, unfortunately. Democrats need to be vigilant.

This sounds like a recipe for mass insubordination if not full blown mutiny from what is the World's most premier fighting force. Like this is **advanced stupid** like I'm sure children and the average "not the brightest" person could tell you pissing off the people with guns who you just trained to be super killers is a bad idea.

There are a lot more gop plants like him in the Democratic Party.

Is it shady that a Repub is running as a D to dilute votes? Sure. However, Dems needs to figure out how to fix their reputation son that a blue D next to your name doesn’t make you fully unelectable in roughly half of US states. While the GOP can always steal a race in a blue state every so often, Dems almost never steal a statewide race in a red state. The national branding of Dems is in the toilet. And the Dem leadership seems to be doing precisely nothing to change that.

What's the legality on this? Running as an opposition party.

Here is different plan….if the Iran war is about protecting the US long term then let’s nationalize all the weapons manufacturers and then the cost of weapons go down because we wouldn’t need them to make a profit or give shareholders anything until the war is over and we return them to private company status.

He’s an old school Democrat like Biden and Byrd !

Yet another distraction! Release the Epstein files!

Democrats baffled by man's patriotism. Fixed the headline for you!