Right-wing commentator and homeschool advocate Bethany Mandel talks with Rolling Stone about her campaign for school board.

Bethany Mandel, the controversial right-wing pundit, home-schooling advocate, and prolific social media poster, is running for county school board — as a Democrat.

Though the school board race in deep-blue Montgomery County, Maryland, is technically nonpartisan, Mandel’s campaign published a graphic on Tuesday listing her as a Democrat. The move quickly raised eyebrows online, and prompted a community note on X (formerly Twitter) stating, “Bethany Mandel has identified as a Republican numerous times on her personal Twitter account.”

  • Skates@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    "We Need to Start Befriending Neo Nazis.” (Mandel is Jewish.)

    “Not nuking these fucking animals is the only restraint I expect and that’s only because the cloud would hurt Israelis,” she’s written about Palestinians.

    Oh hey, looks like you already started making those friends. What a worthless cunt.