This job has made me miserable for the last 4 years.I made a lot of people's lives objectively better, but the constant assassination threats and harassment were terrible for my family and my health.I'm relieved to say that I've done my part, and now it's someone else's turn.— Lee J. Carter (@carterforva) June 9, 2021
I think it started in 2018 when some DSA members raised question about his abuse claims (in that they wanted to be sure he wasn't pre-empting to cover up his own part in it), which at some point escalated and caused a rift with Lee Carter making blanket statements about the organization as a whole, conflating it with his concerns that the organization is too liberal. His partner/campaign manager created the Rose Caucus, which was founded on the concern the DSA wasn't leftist enough, which ran an electoral slate of 25 candidates with no victories. This past year, he started twitter attacks on the DC DSA chapter and individual members (one for having a low-level job at Center for American Progress), most notoriously saying this: https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1356406734890401792
Certainly, I think it was stupid of him to create a major issue with an organization that would have otherwise gladly worked with and supported him.
Of course, that tweet in verbatim could get posted by somebody on here and it would get a respectable response. I do realize that there is a distinction between somebody actively trying to get elected to office and a random person on the internet.
Well, he could have done without picking unnecessary online fights with the DSA, and losing their volunteer force.
What happened?
I think it started in 2018 when some DSA members raised question about his abuse claims (in that they wanted to be sure he wasn't pre-empting to cover up his own part in it), which at some point escalated and caused a rift with Lee Carter making blanket statements about the organization as a whole, conflating it with his concerns that the organization is too liberal. His partner/campaign manager created the Rose Caucus, which was founded on the concern the DSA wasn't leftist enough, which ran an electoral slate of 25 candidates with no victories. This past year, he started twitter attacks on the DC DSA chapter and individual members (one for having a low-level job at Center for American Progress), most notoriously saying this: https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1356406734890401792
Certainly, I think it was stupid of him to create a major issue with an organization that would have otherwise gladly worked with and supported him.
Of course, that tweet in verbatim could get posted by somebody on here and it would get a respectable response. I do realize that there is a distinction between somebody actively trying to get elected to office and a random person on the internet.