He's an opportunistic hack who's posturing as an unconventional Republican because he has his eye on the presidency. It's sad seeing so many lefties buy into his shtick.
I haven’t seen many gullible leftists ... he seems to attract more your MT Treasurers and Grassroots’.
The OP thinks he's an FF and he's a self-described "left-leaning populist, democratic socialist". Also, there were a bunch of Atlas Democrats that were singing his praises in threads whenever he makes a newsworthy break from the party line.