Gemma SeymourJan 25

#VTpol Gov. Scott's response to the campaign of terror the Trump regime is inflicting on Minneapolis and our nation was unacceptably tepid.

When are #Vermont Democrats going to start fielding serious candidates for Governor? They haven't done so in the entire 11 years I've lived in #VT.

The closest was Sue Minter, but she bizarrely tried to make "gun control" the top priority of her campaign in a constitutional carry state with negligible firearms violence. Otherwise, she would have been fine.

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#VTpol For that matter, it's no secret that #Vermont prefers to send Democrats to Washington, but right now the #VT Democratic Party has a dearth of viable candidates to replace our current delegation. Bernie Sanders needs to step down, and Peter Welch is no spring chicken either. Assuming Becca Balint is the shoo-in to replace Bernie, there's no identifiable candidate to replace Becca, even though the Dem/Prog coalition has recently held a supermajority in the #VTleg.
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Show threadGemma SeymourJan 25

#VTpol I'll be the first to admit that Bernie has actually been doing a fine job, even though I wish he would not have stood for re-election last time, but the honest truth is that had he not run, there wouldn't have been anyone to replace him, except awkwardly moving Becca up after just a single term in the House, and then there would still have been no viable candidate to replace her.

In fact, Phil Scott might himself be the only serious #VT candidate to go to DC, next. He's 67, now.

Show threadGemma SeymourJan 25

Bernie Sanders' current term is up in Jan 2031, if he doesn't retire before then. He is currently the second-oldest Senator, after Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa.

He has supposedly said that this term "likely be his last term" in the Senate. So, #VTDems have less than 4 years to figure out who they are going to back to replace Becca Balint in DC and/or Phil Scott in Montp. Election Day 2030 will be here faster than you realize, assuming we still have elections, of course. #VTpol