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It's cute that you still think the Sanders trolls care about Bernie Sanders.
Man I was so frustrated being called a "bernie bro" when more Bernie supporters turned out for Hillary Clinton, including me, than did Hillary Clinton supporters turn out for Barack Obama in 2008. I was tired when national head-to-head polling consistently showed Bernie Sanders outperforming Hillary against Donald Trump. Yet was shoved aside by the same sort of folks who insisted without merit that Biden should stay in the race. Quite literally some of the same people, including former Clinton strategists or the former DNC Chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Even feminist leaders like Steinem and Albright claiming young women were just with Bernie because of the boys in a painfully ironic attack... It showed their true colors. The same bullshit patronizing platitudes. Alas, I am quite shocked Democrats actually organically adapted to new data. I'm honestly thrilled.
Don't get me wrong, I know there were trolls; I know there were astroturfers, and it got far worse in 2020. But anyone who actually went to a Bernie rally and conversed with real supporters knew that campaign was the most organic vibrant loving community since Obama's first run, if not more so. Alas, we missed an opportunity.
I would then go on to support Elizabeth Warren in 2020; I would ultimately then go on to vote for Biden.
I am quite happy with her record matching Bernie. Seems like a good sign. I'll be supporting Harris and I'm HOPING Mark Kelly as her running-mate.
Well said.
Don’t get me wrong, I want to burn the Democratic Party to the ground for how they evaporated enthusiastic (mostly) young voters who were aligned with what Sanders was saying in 2016 and 2020. But I won’t allow fascism to be re-elected in my pursuit of that goal.
South Park’s “Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich” thing is seemingly more right all the time.
We got one dude who is a massive douchebag and then another party that’s one massive shit sandwich. Either we eat the shit sandwich and deal with the fallout after or we get to stare at a giant douche for four years.