The GOP is in a bind. If Trump doesnโ€™t win the nomination, he will likely run as a third party candidate.

You canโ€™t ride the tiger, Republicans. It will always turn back and eat you.

@georgetakei The idea of another trump is depressing. More so than another Biden, but biden for another term is oretty scary too. One day hope ill see a decent candidate from either side, or even better a third party win.
@freemo Biden has done a great job. I do wish we could get a younger Dem to run. Pete Buttigieg , Josh Shapiro but our bigoted country would never elect a gay man or a Jewish man.

@beckymsm i disagree, bidens career has been an absolute disgrace (and his very low approval rating reflects that).

That said Pete Buttigeg was my top choice for dems, so we agree on that point.

@freemo We will have to agree to disagree. He has done something no President has done in years. the infrastructure bill is huge. Dems don't message well and do not reach those that need to hear. You are part of the crowd they need to talk to, you would not be so down on him .
@beckymsm @freemo you know, itโ€™s more than a little condescending to suggest that the only reason we donโ€™t like Biden is because the Dems are โ€œbad at messaging.โ€ I know what Biden is about, he was communicating just fine when he betrayed the railroaders union.
@atompunkray @freemo I stand by my stance on messaging. I also agree the railroad thing was horrible! I was/am totally disgusted by that action.
@beckymsm @freemo youโ€™re free to do so. Just donโ€™t be surprised when you have trouble convincing ppl to vote Democrat. Maybe the Dems should focus less on how they can spin โ€œbusiness as usualโ€ to appeal to millennials and zoomers, and focus more on actually sticking up for working people and marginalized people.
@atompunkray @freemo So vote GOP, because they are doing a great job solving issues. Keeping women's rights, Oops, no. Keeping voting rights, oops, No. Encouraging learning, oops, no they banned the books. Protecting LGBT, oops, no.

@beckymsm

About as good a job as the DNC, which is to say, they aren't

@atompunkray

@freemo @atompunkray tell me how the DNC is banning books, taking away healthcare, taking away education and implementing voter suppression.

@beckymsm

The ways the dnc is doing harm is different than the ways the gop harm. Plus ive made it clear im no fan of the gop. So listing a bunch of ways the gop sucks, which i mostly agree with, is doing nothing to progress your argument.

@atompunkray

@beckymsm

Its always very telling when the overwhelming majority of people who support the dnc spend all their time arguing how much the gop sucks, a sure sign they have nothing to offer themselves.. Its almost like they dont realize we have several other options besides the two parties destroying peoples lives.

"Join the DNC, where we destroy lives marginally less then the GOP. Oh and remember if you dont vote for us ya ain't black" ::eye roll::

@atompunkray

@freemo @atompunkray Generalizing is really a bad way to think you are winning an argument. Tell me what "other" options? A 3rd party? A dictator?

@beckymsm

Just look on the ballot every election, you get more than two choices to pick from, some people on the ballot are from other parties, some on the ballot have no party affiliation at all. Christ you can write in a name if your in a pinch.

@atompunkray

@freemo @atompunkray Yes, you can. I know how to read. If that is your only solution to affect change, I fear that is also a losing argument. I guess I could just move out the Country too.

@beckymsm

I dont recall saying it was my only solution. I am pointing out how silly the argument is that the dnc being evil is somehow ok and a good choice simply because of a bunch of reasons the gop is evil... the decision isnt between two choices so the existence of an even more (maybe) evil party is no excuse to promote your marginally less evil one.

@atompunkray

@freemo @atompunkray Evil to me is allowing the GOP to continue to do what they do. That is evil. Is the DNC perfect, NOPE. Neither are any of the other choices. I don't see the Dems as "evil". Not sure what you see as evil.
@beckymsm @freemo you may not have heard this term, but there is a thing called โ€œthe ratchet effect.โ€ Basically by supporting the Dems and their โ€œweโ€™re two notches to the left of wherever the GOP happen to be todayโ€ BS, youโ€™re contributing to the rightward slide of our country.