Wherever he is, I hope he’s doing good. I don’t remember if he was an open communist when he was in the Virginia legislature but probably the least lib politician in America in a generation. Seemed like a pretty genuine dude, too. Feels like he dropped out of politics and has been pretty quiet since.

  • Jacobo_Villa_Lobos [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Met him a few times, he’s a real good guy. Life in Virginia politics was hard on him, though he did flip a seat from a Republican and get reelected in a swing district. I think his run for Virginia governor was his way of getting out gracefully.

    Not sure of he’ll get back into politics. I wouldn’t blame him, but the US needs more guys like him in power

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    He was living on a plot of land trying to start a farm with his partner and their baby but moved back to civilization some time in the summer I think.

    He didn’t get re-elected but tbf he did get some cool stuff done like successfully pushing for the insulin cap in VA.

    He absolutely is a bit of an autistic poster at heart and for that reason I forgive him for being annoying and I wish him the best. (he just like me)

    Lee is locked/priv on twitter, mostly posting angry replies.

  • Hexbollah [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Not too recent, but I think I remember him still posting and calling out Genocide Joe about a month ago on Twitter. He is still around, but because he doesn’t have political office, people don’t pay much attention any more. As far as I remember, he was one of the better Soc Dems rather than an open communist though.

    • star_wraith [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      lol his twitter bio says “literally a communist”, but yeah I don’t recall him saying that when he was a politician (but I get why, Americans have an irrational reaction to that word).