I'm going to say again, Biden was not my choice. But as he is going to be the nominee, it's still *critical* to vote for him to prevent four more years of Trump, and the *long-term* damage that regime will continue to inflict on courts (SCOTUS and others) and society generally.
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@dsfgs And I have, absentee already sent.
This thread is about general election consequences, relative to Sanders's endorsement announcement today.
@dsfgs He gave his endorsement during a joint livestream today. Check news wire feeds.
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1249760437853401097?s=19
@ToddVierling
That site is not clear, but we know one thing, if everyone votes Green, #Trump will lose.
The #Dems are taking valuable votes from the #Greens that are desperately needed to defeat Trump.
Don't make the same mistake in 2020.
If you'd like to see the Green frontrunner in a recent interview with #LeeCamp, we'll dig it up.
He's brilliant!
@dsfgs I'd love to see more parties be contenders. But as long as we have both FPTP and winner-take-all Electoral College math, there are only two viable parties for President.
Voting for any other party at this stage means taking potential votes away from one of those two. If you want more diverse representation across American politics, you have a base to build and should be going after Congressional seats first.
@ToddVierling
We agree that #democracy is completely broken in the US. Its so ironic that they insist on #bringingDemocracy to other countries when they can't seem to do basic things like #RankedChoiceVoting.
If we may ask, what does RT mean?
@dsfgs I agree with all of this, and that's why building up Congressional seats *first* is so critical. Every major party shift in US history has required this. Throwing that money at a Presidential candidate first is taking campaign money away from possibly winnable seats.
RT = retweet. The original post was supposed to link to a post on Twitter (the one I pasted a few toots up) but the cross-poster app failed.
@ToddVierling
You never know. If people in the other states can still vote and they vote Sanders, without him actually campaigning, then the delegates might be forced to go with Sanders.
We have our fingers crossed.
Thanks for explaining "RT".
@ToddVierling
You may be right, however we can't help but think that #coronavirusAmerica is very different and favours #Sanders.
Also #Biden's alleged #sexualAssault is extremely damning. He simply doesn't have a chance.
But maybe for the #billionaireClass that seems to control the DNC - that's the point. Better to lose and #virtueSignal from the sidelines that to risk a Sanders win.
Yes, we are that cynical.
We remember the DNC effectively claiming that they can #riggThePrimaries too.
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