Posted on 06/24/2018 4:40:44 PM PDT by jazusamo
Government leaker and transgender rights advocate Chelsea Manning entered the U.S. Senate race in Maryland to huge fanfare this year, but her campaign is poised to wind down quietly Tuesday when voters head to the polls on primary day.
Ms. Manning promised to shake up the race, using her high profile to push a platform that included creating a universal health care system, abolishing federal law enforcement agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and combating what she called the American “police state.”
But the strain of being in the public eye after seven years in prison for leaking secrets took its toll, friends and advocates say, compounded by the attacks she has faced during the campaign.
That culminated in a strange episode late last month when she made several posts on social media suggesting that she was contemplating suicide, before a tweet from her account later said she was safe.
Campaign spokeswoman Kelly Wright told The Associated Press after the incident that the candidate needed “space to heal” but that she had not suspended her campaign to unseat Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin in the Democratic Party primary.
Still, she has been out of the public eye and took what she said was a “long-overdue break from Twitter” at a time when voters are making up their minds.
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But the strain of being in the public eye after seven years in prison for leaking secrets took its toll, friends and advocates say, compounded by the attacks she has faced during the campaign.
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Attacks? Hell, I live in the People’s State of Maryland and its/her/his/their campaign faced no attacks but has merely been ignored.
This was way too soon for Bradley to take on such an ambitious goal. I certainly don’t agree with him on how Maryland should be run, but as someone who has helped counsel the emotionally disturbed, I would have advised him to wait at least three or four years before trying to do all this song and dance.
Wait, and get involved with thinking about and trying to help other people. Think bigger than just yourself.
Most religious people know what that means right away.
There are still a lot of Americans who have not forgotten Bradley’s traitorous actions, nor will they ever forget it, especially since Obama decided to slice time served into a fraction of the original decision.
Freud and spell check got me. I meant to say turn back the clock with an L.
With Bradley/Chelsea, who knows how far he’s taken this transgender thing. I really would rather not know......
Fixed it.
Now I am confused.
[ Now I am confused. ]
You’re O.K. You’re just fine.
It’s Cynthia Nixon, her daughter/transvestite/”son” and Chelsea Manning who are confused.
Send him a Tampon.
I would gladly buy the rope for this transgendered traitor It.
HisHerIt’s problem is that he/she/it was looking to start at the top. He/she/it should’ve run for dog-catcher first, and then moved on from there.
bump....bump....bump...right on, my man....who wants a mental defective for a senator....he/she/it needs to fade away, NEVER to be heard from again....
Time for MANNING to Man up to the job. It requires a lot of strength.
Shouldn’t this traitor and freak be on 24 hour suicide watch for the rest of his worthless life?
I thought he attempted suicide? If so, seems like that would have been the “end” of his campaign.
Because he/she/it is utterly demented, he/she/it should be encouraged to run as an independent with some funding. Even in blue Maryland, he/she/it won’t win, but he/she/it might be able to siphon some Cardin votes.
Maryland Freepers — who are you supporting for the Senate and why? We have 11 Republicans running tomorrow.
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