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Bethany Mandel, the controversial right-wing pundit, home-schooling advocate, and prolific social media poster, is running for county school board — as a Democrat.

Though the school board race in deep-blue Montgomery County, Maryland, is technically nonpartisan, Mandel’s campaign published a graphic on Tuesday listing her as a Democrat. The move quickly raised eyebrows online, and prompted a community note on X (formerly Twitter) stating, “Bethany Mandel has identified as a Republican numerous times on her personal Twitter account.”

Those who know Mandel recognize her for writing molten-hot takes and far-right political commentary. The most infamous was a column, published in the wake of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, titled “We Need to Start Befriending Neo Nazis.” (Mandel is Jewish.) Her content can be cringey, like her column defending Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife: “If Casey DeSantis is a Karen, she’s our Karen.” She’s posted dehumanizing rhetoric, too. “Not nuking these fucking animals is the only restraint I expect and that’s only because the cloud would hurt Israelis,” she’s written about Palestinians.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

"If not me, then who?" An opposing candidate, that's who, even if that opposing candidate is my cat, you flaming sack of kookery.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Run as a Dem and win: LLUL DEMZ ZO ZTUPID

Run as a Dem and lose: WAAAAHHHH CENZURSHIP CANZEL CULTURE

Calling it.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago

Is that what he looks like? Oh yuck! No wonder she's such a bitter hag

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago

“Playing along with delusions isn’t a kindness to those suffering from other psychological conditions.”

Yet, you worship Donald Trump. Curious!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"We Need to Start Befriending Neo Nazis.” (Mandel is Jewish.)

“Not nuking these fucking animals is the only restraint I expect and that’s only because the cloud would hurt Israelis,” she’s written about Palestinians.

Oh hey, looks like you already started making those friends. What a worthless cunt.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if she figured out what "woke" is yet?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Conservatism is the opposite of whatever liberals stand for, updated daily.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This needs to not be legal.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As a condition of running for a nonpartisan office I think you should be forbidden to claim association with any political party.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

For lots of local offices, there can almost no information about the candidates...but I've found that if you take 5 mintes to search facebook, the extremists are pretty good about outing themselves...especially if you take the time to learn a few dog whistles.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Which party a school board member was a part of was incredibly impactful during the pandemic and directly influenced what actions were taken to protect the students. 'non partisan' is a myth in this day and age.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

People should not be required to pick between teams and should instead be able to choose their opinion on individual issues. Parties just remove middle ground and force voters to cluster together. What if you were against an issue that your party championed? Doesn't matter, you either need to get on board or change teams.

Killing the political party seems like it would be in the people's best interest.

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