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Whatever happened to Lee Carter? (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by star_wraith@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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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.

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[–] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

He became jaded from life in politics so he retired and started a music career under the pseudonym Oliver Anthony.

[–] FLAMING_AUBURN_LOCKS@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

he died of divorce overdose

[–] thisismyrealname@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

afaik he's just a twitter reply guy now

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

https://nitter.net/carterforva

Lee 🍉 Carter

This account's tweets are protected.
Only confirmed followers have access to @carterforva's tweets

Prob doing his own thing but he's got a watermellon in bio so I'd imagine he's still ok.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

Mourning the death of his grandmother, Rosemary, and getting ready for his grandad Jimmy to follow.

[–] Jacobo_Villa_Lobos@hexbear.net 1 points 10 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

[–] Hexbollah@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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).

[–] Des@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

he radicalized like crazy after his shitty experience with "democratic socialism" and his current partner pushed him waaay further left

[–] Shinji_Ikari@hexbear.net 1 points 10 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.

[–] loser@hexbear.net 0 points 10 months ago

He got way too online and didnt get re elected