U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts’ Senate primary Tuesday, once again fending off a push for generational change as he seeks a third term.
Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who had attempted to argue that it was time to do away with the “status quo” in his pursuit to oust the octogenarian.
Yet Markey successfully pointed to Moulton’s more moderate positions to argue that it was Moulton — not the older incumbent — who was out of touch with the state’s voters. Perhaps no other issue defined the race more than transgender rights, and Markey repeatedly hit Moulton for previously saying he would not want his daughters to play against transgender athletes.
This is PROOF that people WANT Older Candidates and NOT proof that People want TRANS FRIENDLY Candidates!
-APNews!
Ain’t that the truth.
Thank you for calling out exactly what is happening here. Articles that appear to be unbiased and sources that are about as neutral as they come…still try to manipulate you with carefully chosen language.
Moulton isn’t a dino, he’s a moderate. He’s not a transphobe, he’s traditional.
Markey is 80.
Moulton thinks old people are old and need to stop being so old.
Fucking hell AP.
Whenever a news rag has to announce they’re “fair and unbiased,” I know that’s just code language for right-wing propaganda.
The AP has never been a good source. Not outside of a few core areas. They were and presumably still are ironclad on US Election Results. So that is something.
The question wasn’t whether or not they were accurate, but whether or not they were unbiased and objective in reporting it.
I wouldn’t call them spotless. They were the first ones to call Gore for Florida in 2000.