I’d be willing to look past his military service if he was running on a message of that service lead him to realize the American military machine is a force for ill and that he’ll fight to reign it in. But he hasn’t, it’s just been “greatest military in the world, we just need to get the right people running it” milquetoast critique.

And quite frankly, this instinct by baby leftists to dick ride any slightly left of center candidate that gains some traction reeks of desperation. I don’t care what the context is, having a fascist tattoo is just plain bad optics, especially when anti-fascism is a core reason presented for why politics needs to shift left.