First Kerekere, then Ghahraman, then Tana and now Genter. The Greens' uncompromising posture creates an awful pressure, one that recent events suggest is untenable.
Its hard not to wonder if they're also held to a different standard; there's no way a Green candidate who beat the shit out of a younger kid with a bed leg and was credibly accused of being a bully later in life would be allowed to stand for election.
I think most National supporters would think Uffindell was a mistake though.
Why would you think that given how they vote? It's clear that most National supporters would have no problems with what he did and would do it themselves if they thought they could get away with it.
I think there's some truth to this but at the same time Labour had a horrible string of this sort of thing this time last year, as did National across 2020/2021. ACT is a rolling dumpster fire at all times. That speaks to some of the pressure not being unique to the Greens.
Of course there's a special sort of nastiness that comes out when its the Greens because they profess to hold principles, and of course when they slip, that's worse than just not trying at all. NZ hates a 'try hard' after all.