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Heiress claims to be poor

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Background is here if you need it. Kat Abughazaleh on a recent podcast

But there’s also this aspect about primaries where polling purposely weights likely primary voters more, and that’s usually older, white, affluent people. And we want to reach those people, but we want to reach everyone. And we have a huge amount of our base that is young. We have a huge amount of our base that are immigrants, or have immigrant families or even undocumented family members. A large part of our base are renters that are poor, like myself.

Somebody who grew up in wealth, initially lived rent-free in somebody else’s sweet lakefront condo, then moved to the district after announcing her campaign, has zero self-awareness and even less of a clue by claiming she’s “poor.” Period.

To be clear, I don’t begrudge people who were raised in money. You don’t pick your parents.

But as a person who grew up in a family which had zero money and then scratched its own way to security, I find her claim repulsive.

       

72 Comments »
  1. - Responsa - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:12 am:

    Gee. Its starting to look like one can’t believe anything politicians say.


  2. - Alton Sinkhole - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:13 am:

    ==But as a person who grew up in a family which had zero money and then scratched its own way to security, I find her claim repulsive.==

    Perfectly stated. I think this is why I find her candidacy so infuriating.


  3. - Center Drift - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:13 am:

    And politicians wonder why people don’t trust them.


  4. - Pundent - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:19 am:

    I’m surprised that more hasn’t been made of her backstory. I mean it’s not every day that “poor” people like Kat find their way to Lakeview to run in another district and raise millions in the process. Her narrative and resume are so paper thin that no one should be taking her seriously. Yet here we are.


  5. - Alton Sinkhole - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:29 am:

    I think another thing that bothers me is that she does genuinely excite a younger type of voter, but it’s all based on her lies and this cosplay poor act.


  6. - Banish Misfortune - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:29 am:

    Abughazaleh’s presence in the race has affected the dynamic for sure. She gives off Kristen Sinema vibes, always posing and thinking of herself.
    Some really nice candidates have emerged, like Mike Simmons, but it becomes risky to vote for him, if it would result in victory for her. So play it safe and vote for Biss.
    She won’t win I believe but certainly affects the calculus.
    All elections have those dynamics I know but it is regrettable.


  7. - Responsa - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:40 am:

    And, congratulations to the geniuses who created this snakelike monstrosity of a congressional district. The disparate counties and cities and communities and neighborhoods which comprise this district make it seem like one single person could never possibly represent the base-whatever that is.


  8. - rnug - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:55 am:

    Not the first politician to tailor their story. And probably won’t be the last.


  9. - NIU Grad - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:56 am:

    If you claim to be living off of $650 a month on online pictures of your cat, spend your day talking in front of expensive video equipment, and are able to quickly move to a new residence to qualify to run in a district…yea, you’re not poor.


  10. - Techie - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:58 am:

    “she does genuinely excite a younger type of voter, but it’s all based on her lies and this cosplay poor act.”

    Her coming from poverty is clearly not true.

    But my guess is that her appeal is genuine - she showed up at an ICE facility and confronted the masked secret police about their lawless, heartless activity. She advocates for a more equitable society, and is a Palestinian American who has clearly opposed the genocide in Gaza and rejects AIPAC money. She has worked in journalism/media covering stories from a left perspective. She is not someone who has never had involvement in politics.


  11. - Frida’s Boss - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 9:58 am:

    One of the tough parts of the election Kat will pick up a large chunk of Northwestern voters. Folks who mostly didn’t grow up in the area and will not remain after college. 4 year transplants, in a tight race like this, could decide.


  12. - Jerry - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:01 am:

    A stable genius just said: “so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,”….wonder if he’s related to Cat.


  13. - Candy Dogood - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:03 am:

    ===A large part of our base are renters that are poor, like myself.===

    Heiress is probably the right word here. I am certain she feels like she is poor by comparison to the overall net worth of her family members.

    Broke might be a better word — but using the word poor does fit so much better in to her being a literal manifestation of Common People by Pulp. I was not expecting her to double down on my reference, but here we are.

    If she’s having problems, I’m sure she can call her dad.

    ===I find her claim repulsive. ===

    Ditto. She’s lying about something that is completely unnecessary to lie about. She has access to and lives in the kind of luxury that most Americans will never, ever, experience.


  14. - OBResident - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:04 am:

    If she wins, it will prove how boring your average politician is. Bliss has the charisma of a mortician and, with a bit of zeal, would cruise to victory.


  15. - Northsider - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:06 am:

    Reason No. 10,191 to be glad I voted for Biss.

    Also, grifters gonna grift. Too.


  16. - Trinity - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:08 am:

    If you never ate syrup sandwiches, I don’t want to hear it. Cosplaying that you are or were “poor” or the “working class” is an insult to those who struggle EVERY day to survive and to survive EVERY day. It scars your soul & messes with your head. It’s poetic those raising hundreds of thousands if not millions have to market themselves as a label instead of embodying the generosity, patience and grace you wished someone had shown to you.

    With that said, I’m not a Kat fan AT ALL. I do appreciate the mutual aid efforts. We need more community support. The money is out there & people need real help. I hope that trend stays.


  17. - Joseph M - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:09 am:

    Re: Frida’s Boss

    I’m not defending Kat’s statement, but I don’t think your comment is fair to college students.

    Even if they move in four years, their opinion still matters. They will probably be replaced by another student that doesn’t get any input - think of it as current students voting for someone to represent future students. Let’s stop moaning about “transplants” exercising their constitutional rights.


  18. - Cubs in '16 - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:12 am:

    ‘Poor’ is a relative term among the wealthy.


  19. - estubborn - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:14 am:

    == ..she showed up at an ICE facility and confronted the masked secret police about their lawless, heartless activity

    She did this for clicks and to raise money on the backs of the oppressed. She accomplished nothing at these photo ops. I’d believe her “fights against ICE” claims if volunteered for a rapid response network or helped with migra watch patrol. Defending herself in court is not fighting for immigrant rights.


  20. - JR - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:17 am:

    If you read the book Bowling Alone (circa 2000), you’ll figure out why and how Kat Abughazaleh rose within this industry so quickly. If you don’t have time for the book, here are some of the take-aways 1.) Key drivers of this human disengagement in person include suburban sprawl, television/media/online consumption, increased time pressure (demanding jobs) and generational shifts. 2.) The erosion of these community bonds has resulted in less trust in government, neighbors and family who don’t agree with you politically, impacting the overall health of society. 3.) The metaphor of “bowling alone” represents this shift from shared, community-based activities to individualistic ones such as having an online, growing presence, as she has successfully done, which gives her a byline on Capitol Fax that she would have never had decades ago because she wouldn’t have been considered a formidable candidate.


  21. - localgovhero - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:20 am:

    Interesting things on the FEC website - Using campaign funds to pay for her criminal case and several large bills from a Family law firm. Screams personal use to me


  22. - Steve Polite - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:23 am:

    “If you never ate syrup sandwiches, I don’t want to hear it.” With peanut butter, Yummy. :-)

    If you never ate gravy on toast for supper, I don’t want to hear it.


  23. - Pundent - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:31 am:

    =Defending herself in court is not fighting for immigrant rights.=

    It’s the equivalent of deriding “white privilege” from the rooftops of Lakeview. But not everyone sees the irony.


  24. - Friendly Bob Adams - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:36 am:

    At the gym today I saw at least 6 ads attacking Abughazaleh. I think it’s pretty impressive for her to be polling so well that her opponents feel the need to attack her. I doubt any of the opponents envisioned this as an expense months ago.

    In my hour at the gym pretty much all the Senate ads are negative. Who knew that both Krishnamourti and Stratton were pro-ICE??

    The only positive ads I saw were for Bean and Conyears-Ervin.


  25. - Don't try this at home - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:37 am:

    She needs to lose, and lose badly. And there is only one way to ensure that happens. Vote Biss.


  26. - Katie - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:40 am:

    I basically agree that it is very bleak that in a 16 way war between people who live in Evanston, people who live on the North Side, people who live in Glenview, etc. the winner may turn out to be people who live on their phones. I think the kind of campaign she is running can basically only build a fandom and not a movement, and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at how much money is being thrown at shaking up the system by sending a rich kid who went to GWU to Congress.

    But! I am all for politicians clip farming off of getting dropped on their asses by ICE at Broadview, and I agree that there is something genuine at the core of her appeal. I also do not think it would have been a good idea for someone who knows she’s a Laura Loomer hate follow to film herself doing rapid response work in Rogers Park.


  27. - 48th Ward Heel - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:40 am:

    Kat and I grew up at opposite ends of the upper middle class, I didn’t vote for her, and I do kind of resent her in the way a lot of you do. That said, “heiress” isn’t quite an accurate way to describe her. She’s not an Ozinga or Ricketts or whatever just sponging off the family fortune and organization, she has what’s technically a job and her own source of income. She just had a huge safety net to fall back on, a massive advantage in zeroing out her housing costs and likely some family capital to finance her risky, non-traditional career.

    The pale around downtown Chicago and up the north lakefront is full of Millennials and Zoomers like Kat, and for every one that votes for her there are two who work in finance or marketing and support respectability centrists, or - perish the thought - Republicans. Heck, Ken Griffin’s career started off with a huge little loan from family, and no one calls him an “heir.”


  28. - Soccermom - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:47 am:

    RNUG — there’s tailoring your resume, and then there’s making it up out of whole cloth


  29. - pc - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:55 am:

    do we know she’s an heiress though, or that her parents provide her financial support? A millionaire Dallas couple with ties to the Kuwaiti royal family is unlikely to be left wing or to approve of a left wing daughter. Not sure we can assume she is an heiress.


  30. - From DaZoo - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:56 am:

    “If you never ate gravy on toast for supper, I don’t want to hear it.”

    Unlocked childhood memory of creamed chipped beef on toast, except the chipped beef was substituted by a small amount of thinly sliced deli meat.

    Is it lunchtime, yet? With all the negative ads and return to cold weather, I could use some comfort food.


  31. - Freddie - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:57 am:

    Do Northwestern students vote in Il-9 often?

    When I was in college I always voted in my home district.


  32. - Alton Sinkhole - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 10:57 am:

    ==Not sure we can assume she is an heiress.==

    Well, even if that is true, and I doubt it is, she’s dating a millionaire media tycoon (who has maxed out to her campaign).


  33. - Just Another Anon - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:08 am:

    **If you never ate syrup sandwiches**

    Ketchup packets and saltines were solid poverty meals. This was before some fast food outlets started putting honey packets out in condiment bins. If you were real lucky, gravy bread was a buck at the local hot dog stand. Wonderbread and milk was an early college staple as well.


  34. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:09 am:

    ===Not sure we can assume===

    She claims to be poor, I claim she’s an heiress.

    I stand by the headline.


  35. - JS Mill - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:10 am:

    = Yet here we are.=

    This. Her candidacy is an indictment of society as a whole. I would venture to guess that most of her positions are calculated and not deeply held convictions based on her well established dishonesty. Social media has elevated ger to someone that is now in serious contention for elected office which is sad. The House of Representatives has had many unqualified candidates that made up a background story before, George Santos comes to mind, so I wouldn’t call this a tragedy. And then there is the presidency. In a post truth society this is what we get.


  36. - River North Guy - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:21 am:

    I haven’t trusted her from the beginning. I usually don’t like carpetbaggers, but her qualifications are especially scarce.

    This only confirms my original suspicions about her. It is a truly offensive thing to lie about. It’s not my district, but I’m hoping Biss comes out of the primary in this race.


  37. - Best in the world - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:22 am:

    Kat, the Kayfabe Kongressional hopeful


  38. - Ranked Choice Voting - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:25 am:

    Just sayin’

    Also too, outside money spent dragging down Biss contributes to Kat’s chances of winning.


  39. - 33rd ward - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:35 am:

    Obviously Biss is qualified and deserves it. But I’ll say something many don’t wanna hear. Kat has worked hard for the nomination and if she wins, she deserves it too.

    I don’t care if your family is rich or approves of you. I care if you can articulate the message. At twenty something, Kat is ready to answer any question. She is willing to go on the offensive and take stands on issues. That is something you don’t see enough liberals doing.

    Her first message was showing people how to run in their local district. She’s helping get candidates out of their ICE-box.


  40. - Anonymous who supports Kat - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:35 am:

    Many people in my generation and younger, Millennial and Z, are very much downwardly mobile. My friends and I, who grew up privileged like Kat, fall into two categories, tech bro and downwardly mobile. I’ve been in and out of both categories. When she calls herself “poor”, without health insurance, and living at the mercy of a friend/lover, we know exactly what she’s talking about, and we do use that language.

    I’ll avoid using that language in the future, since it seems to provoke a very strong reaction.


  41. - Mason County - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:44 am:

    A lot of politicians try to downplay their wealth. The list is almost endless from both parties. And it is annoyingly hypocritical.

    She joins the list. And she really goes overboard indoing it.


  42. - Candy Dogood - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:56 am:

    ===I claim she’s an heiress===

    I’ll stand by rich’s headline too. Kat has very selectively discussed her finances and is literally portraying herself as poor when public records suggest her parents have a fortune that is going to at least be in the 8 figure sum.

    She might think what she is doing right now, or her parents might think what she is doing right now is slumming while residing in luxury apartments and running for congress as a means to potentially increase her social media following but the point is her parents are very rich.

    She doesn’t seem to talk about her parents much. Or how rich they are very much. Or how privileged she is.


  43. - NIU Grad - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:58 am:

    “I’d believe her “fights against ICE” claims if volunteered for a rapid response network or helped with migra watch patrol.”

    Yep. Sitting behind a microphone all day isn’t activism.

    “Bliss has the charisma of a mortician”

    This is an insult to morticians.


  44. - Donut - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 11:59 am:

    Here’s two articles I wrote about her if you guys want to know more.

    https://substack.com/@vincerothman/note/p-190333375?r=4c5lyf&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

    https://substack.com/@vincerothman/note/p-185133026?r=4c5lyf&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web


  45. - Pundent - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 12:14 pm:

    =When she calls herself “poor”, without health insurance, and living at the mercy of a friend/lover, we know exactly what she’s talking about, and we do use that language.=

    Living in Lakeview with a millionaire boyfriend subsidizing your congressional campaign is the kind of everyman/woman story we can all relate to.

    There’s nothing wrong with Kat positioning herself as a progressive. But she owes the voters more honesty on her backstory and current circumstances. The fact that she chooses to misrepresent this rightly calls her character and motivations into question.


  46. - Alton Sinkhole - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 12:16 pm:

    ==we do use that language.==

    Speak for yourself, please. Millenial here who would never cosplay as poor, even though I grew up in a situation far, far, far more econmically perilous than the Heiress.


  47. - localgovhero - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 12:37 pm:

    ==My friends and I, who grew up privileged like Kat, fall into two categories, tech bro and downwardly mobile. I’ve been in and out of both categories. When she calls herself “poor”, without health insurance, and living at the mercy of a friend/lover, we know exactly what she’s talking about, and we do use that language.

    I’ll avoid using that language in the future, since it seems to provoke a very strong reaction.==

    1. Tech bro or downwardly mobile as the only two? This is Chicago. Not West Virginia where you have to toil in the mines or drink corn liquor.

    2. You will avoid using that language in the future? Is this the Kat Abu burner account?


  48. - Fair Maps - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 12:49 pm:

    It’s so interesting to me that the people who grew up incredibly privileged or even just comfortable love to talk about how “poor” they are. Truly poor people don’t advertise themselves as poor because they’re either (a) too busy working multiple jobs to even talk about themselves (b) feeling a little embarrassed about their situation. If she’d just said she’s broke, then I’d have a lot more respect for her.


  49. - Fred Garvin - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 12:52 pm:

    She is 26 so obviously no longer under her parents roof and they are still alive so maybe she will be wealthy in the future but there is no indication she has an allowance or trust fund.

    Also not married to the supposedly wealthy boyfriend.

    She is definitely in the minor leagues with a YouTube subscriber base of only 151,000.

    It’s a good idea not to brag about being rich or ask for sympathy about being poor.

    People have their own problems they don’t need to hear about yours.


  50. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 12:54 pm:

    It’s gaslighting. She knows she is not poor. The most honest answer for almost everyone is “my life had some advantages and disadvantages, and I am trying to make it easier for people with similar disadvantages,” but that is not winning elections or getting attention these days.


  51. - Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 1:15 pm:

    I can’t claim my parents grew up with “no money” because I saw their bank statement from the end of 1971 after my mom died.

    With two kids, one a month old and another 14 months old (me), my parents had a bank balance of $31.74.

    Do I find Kat’s cosplay offensive? Yes.

    Do “all politicians do it?” My answer is a categorical “No.”

    Kat isn’t just lying, she’s created a fictional character that she zips into and presents to the public. Because she has no record, that Character is essentially her argument for why we should trust and elect her.

    Few elected officials do this. Most who do are scorned once it becomes apparent. It is another form of “Stolen Valor.”

    $31.74 wasn’t so bad. My dad had recently landed a union job. We had a roof and food. Growing up wearing hand-me-down clothes from my uncles to school, camping or staying with family on summer vacations instead of flying to Disneyworld, none of that actually “made me a better person,” but it definitely informed and cemented my world view.

    We don’t know what life was like growing up for Kat or what informs and cemented her world view, only that she believes she can lie to the public, play them for fools and get away with it. If she is lying about this, what else? Her narcolepsy? Her support for a two state solution? Not intentionally taking money from billionaires? None of her family or childhood friends appear to be part of her campaign, and it’s not clear whether that’s because she is hiding who she really is or they do not actually support her.

    We just don’t know.

    It’s all complicated by the fact Kat is the granddaughter of Eddie Mae “Taffy” Goldsmith, a prominent GOP leader in Dallas who passed away in 2020. Goldsmith is probably the real reason that Kat was a Republican growing up in Dallas.

    YDD

    PS: If she doesn’t want to be tagged as an “Heiress” all she has to do is explain she was disinherited by her parents, until then Rich is on safe ground, she probably stands to inherit millions.


  52. - G'Kar - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 1:49 pm:

    She reminds me of the new “type” of congress critters in both parties that are more interested in “being” in congress and the “fame” it brings then actually doing the work needed to make congress work.


  53. - estubborn - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:03 pm:

    == I also do not think it would have been a good idea for someone who knows she’s a Laura Loomer hate follow to film herself doing rapid response work in Rogers Park.

    When faced with the choice to do something of substance that can make an actual difference or creating content, she chose creating content. That says everything you need to know about her.

    However Kat does fit in as an Illinois politician. Like Madigan, Burke, etc., she has access to millions in campaign funds to pay for her legal defense. That’s some serious privilege for someone who describes herself as poor.


  54. - Lakeview Lou - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:10 pm:

    You can call her a Cosplayer or carpetbagger but she is hands down running the best modern campaign in this race. As David Axelrod once said the candidate with the momentum at the end of the election generally wins and Kat has the momentum.


  55. - Dotnonymous x - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:27 pm:

    - At twenty something, Kat is ready to answer any question. -

    I knew the answer to every question when I was twenty…too.


  56. - localgovhero - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:28 pm:

    @Jamal

    Missing the point. The lie is the issue. Not the money.


  57. - Jamal Carimsohn - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:43 pm:

    ==The lie is the issue.==

    Dems constantly try to out-poor each other in primaries. How many, for example, brag that their step grandpa was a union painter, despite never having worked a day’s labor in their lives?

    It is tiresome but hardly unique to Kat. Her courage is unique, however.


  58. - btowntruthfromforgottonia - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:45 pm:

    Kat Sinema.
    She needs to pick a lane and stay in it.
    And not lie about being poor.


  59. - Dotnonymous x - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:49 pm:

    Plutocracy has a meaning…even poor people can understand.


  60. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:49 pm:

    ===hardly unique===

    You’re conflating two very different arguments here.


  61. - Best in the world - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:52 pm:

    It takes a ton of courage to lie about your own narrative. Her kayfabe character Kat might be courageous, but Katherine Marie Abughazaleh, the fossil fuel heiress, is a liar.


  62. - btowntruthfromforgottonia - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 2:52 pm:

    Desperation.
    She is trying to reinvent herself again but this attempt may be the worst.
    “Poor,like myself.”

    Go pound sand.


  63. - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 3:04 pm:

    - If she doesn’t want to be tagged as an “Heiress” all she has to do is explain she was disinherited by her parents -

    She could also pledge not to accept their money, but I’m guessing she’d walk it back.


  64. - Oklahoma - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 3:07 pm:

    Welcome to all the new guests who have showed up today.

    This might be a controversial opinion to you, but there is a difference between being poor and being broke.

    I am sure Kat has at one time or another felt broke. But she is not, nor has she ever been, poor.

    I know a lot of broke college students. Or broke college graduates. But just because their bank account may be light, they are not poor.

    They are not poor, because they could attend a private or out of state university without a full scholarship.

    They are not poor, because they can stay on their parents’ health insurance for a few more years.

    They are not poor, because they have credit good enough to get an apartment, get a phone bill in their own name, or never had their heat bill go to collections.

    They are not poor, because they have never known the indignity of asking for help at a food pantry, or assistance line.

    They are not poor, because there is always a bedroom waiting for them that they can go back to if they run into hard times.

    They are not poor, because poor people have never considered a career as a social media influencer.

    I have been broke many times in my life. But, thankfully, I have never been poor.

    (and pre-emptively against those who misinterpret this: This is not the same argument as the conservatives’ “poor is just a mindset, pull yourself up by the bootstraps” schtick. It is a generational, persisting, often-overwhelming force.)


  65. - Pundent - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 3:10 pm:

    There’s no shame in growing up in a middle or even upper class home. The shame is in pretending that it didn’t occur and portraying yourself as poor while all objective evidence shows otherwise. And if Kat is willing to lie about something so fundamental and easily disproven, why should we believe anything else she says?


  66. - Nanker Phelge - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 3:21 pm:

    Well you’ve got your diamonds
    and your pretty clothes

    Kat’s not an heiress, she’s a victim, she swears she is. Just vote for her.

    Or play with fire.


  67. - Lincoln Lad - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 3:31 pm:

    I recall a former governor who put on a Carhartt jacket and flannel shirt, and dropped his g’s. He’d previously done harm by buying companies, breaking them up, and destroying pension funds. He made billions doing it. Seems much worse to me… but there you go.


  68. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 3:33 pm:

    ===Seems much worse to me===

    Of course it was. But your whataboutism ain’t gonna change my mind.

    What you’re saying is if it doesn’t rise to Rauneresque heights, we can’t criticize somebody. That’s just ludicrous.


  69. - Proud Papa Bear - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 4:24 pm:

    We weren’t poor, but we were often broke. Unemployment payments saved us more than once. Rice with peas and a little bouillon was a staple in our house. And we were savvy enough to know that pasta is actually cheaper than ramen.

    Kat reminds me of several people I’ve met - rich kids who are disgusted by what they’ve recently been exposed to. I believe they’re sincere in their beliefs, but there also seems to be an element of rebelling against mom and dad.

    I hope Kat continues a long life of activism, but I’m not willing to vote for her at this point.


  70. - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Mar 12, 26 @ 7:14 pm:

    - I believe they’re sincere in their beliefs -

    I agree, I think in comparison to her upbringing Kat might actually think she’s poor. Instead of just making videos she should spend some time outside her neighborhood with those that grew up with nothing and are struggling to get by. It might open her eyes a bit.


  71. - Frankie - Friday, Mar 13, 26 @ 11:15 am:

    Hi Rich did you see Kat’s fans think you got $1,500 to make this post by an alleged “dark money” group?


  72. - Rich Miller - Friday, Mar 13, 26 @ 11:25 am:

    ===Hi Rich did you see Kat’s fans think===

    lol

    No. Also, I wouldn’t go to my front door for $1500.


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