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“The next leader needs to be one of vision and also somebody who is willing to fight,” he said. “And I am not seeing either of those things coming out of the current Democratic leadership in the Senate.”

He echoed the calls for change that have roiled the party for months, saying it is time to “really start moving towards building a much stronger, more robust group of young leaders across this country.”

Though he’s a political newcomer, Platner said he has brought onboard two progressive strategists who have experience successfully running against establishment-favored Democrats: Morris Katz, a top admaker for New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, and Joe Calvello, a former senior aide to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.).