Absolutely.
This has changed everything.
Just a week ago,
we are talking
about the momentum
that Sara Rodriguez had
with multiple candidates
dropping out endorsing her.
Could she coalesce
as the main rival,
the centrist moderate
candidate in this race
that a lot of Democrats
were looking at?
And when
a big part of
your pitch to voters
is that you are
the candidate who can win,
you're making
that electability pitch
as you hit
the homestretch here.
Anything that
kind of calls that
into question
hit you harder than you
might hit
if you were just a candidate
who is kind of an issue
candidate, or a candidate
who had really solidified
one section of the party.
It was a Democratic primary
that was starting
to get a little heated
in terms of attacks
between the candidates,
but it was very muted,
and then it got
a little hotter.
But this just kind of,
you know,
scattered blood in the water.
And Democrats
like Mandela
Barnes, Joel
Brennan, Kelda Roys,
Francesca Hong, all of them.
Really.
Just went on the attack.
Some of them got very vicious
about asking questions.
Why?
How could this happen?
Just trying to
keep it in the news cycle.