In a move that laid bare the ideological tightrope walk of the modern Democratic Party, Maine Democrats have quietly removed several prospective candidates from their official website for the U.S. Senate nominating convention. Among those vanished from the virtual roster is Ashley Webb, a self-identified transgender and intersex individual whose biologically impossible claims had garnered viral attention.
Initially, the Maine Democratic Party's website showcased a range of hopefuls vying to replace the scandal-plagued Graham Platner. But now, only two names remain: Saundra Pelletier and Troy Jackson. The party states that only these two have met the stringent qualifications, which include being a registered Maine voter, filing a written Declaration of Intent, and submitting at least 500 valid nominating signatures from registered Democratic voters.
The disappearance of Webb is particularly telling. Webb had been an active candidate, even participating in a debate where questions about basic qualifications led to an online firestorm. Webb, who identifies as a transgender woman and intersex, became an internet sensation after making claims on Reddit forums that defied elementary biology.
Despite possessing an XY karyotype – meaning biologically male – Webb insisted on internal XX organs and, most astonishingly, claimed to ovulate and experience a monthly period through the rectum. In vivid, disturbing detail, Webb described the alleged process:
"When the monthly pain is real bad, I am feeling something in both my right and left side and above my bladder."
"When you don’t have the proper hole, it finds one of two exits, the guy in China was lucky and the exit was his bladder, me on the other was not so lucky. My exit connection was made with my colon. Cause when I get this monthly pain, that is where the blood comes out of."
"Intersex like us don’t get diagnosed till our 20’s as we tend not to be born with extra holes. I didn’t get diagnosed in my 20’s cause I was dealing with incompetent doctors who preferred to prescribe opiate pain killers rather than find the problem."
While the party seems to have quietly distanced itself from such fantastical claims, their remaining choice for the nomination, Troy Jackson, hardly inspires confidence. Jackson, a former president of the Maine Senate, comes with his own baggage: a notorious reputation as a "hot head" and accusations of allegedly striking a female colleague with a bottle. Even the left-leaning Washington Post couldn't sugarcoat Jackson's past, describing him as a "powerful Maine legislator" who "once angrily threw a water bottle in a meeting after he couldn’t persuade a lawmaker to vote his way."
The Post further elaborated on Jackson's temperament, noting he "yelled at another lawmaker [and] cursed and shouted in a meeting with the speaker of Maine’s state House, until she kicked him out of her office." His temper, they observed, was a "feature of his leadership" that concerned fellow Democrats and even the governor.
The Maine Democratic Party's struggle to present credible, common-sense candidates highlights a deeper disconnect between their progressive ideologies and the realities of governance. From embracing individuals making outlandish biological claims to settling for those with a documented history of temperamental outbursts, this saga underscores the disarray on the left. Americans deserve leaders grounded in reality and decorum, not a party seemingly lost in the political wilderness, struggling to distinguish fact from fiction, or maturity from mayhem.
