What's wrong with the New York Times? Ignoring Ron Johnson's virulently racist U.S. Senate campaign against Mandela Barnes

 

Campaign mailer from Retiring Guy's archives

Headline:  New York Times, 10/21/2025

Reid J. Epstein reports:

That may well be the situation facing former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2028. But the exact scenario is already playing out in Wisconsin for Mandela Barnes, the state’s former lieutenant governor who in 2022 narrowly lost a race to Senator Ron Johnson and is now planning a campaign to replace Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat who is not seeking re-election.  [emphasis added; the only mention of RoJo in this 1364-word article]

Ms. Harris’s book release last month prompted a round of fretting about the prospect of her running for president in 2028. Similarly, in Wisconsin there is a broad feeling of lament in the party about the possibility of another campaign from Mr. Barnes while Democrats are in search of new ideas and new candidates.

Mandela Barnes is 38 years old, for crying out loud!

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