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In reply to the discussion: New Slate of DNC Officers: Ken Martin as Chair; Artie Blanco, Malcolm Kenyatta, and David Hogg as Vice Chairs, [View all]JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)one victory after another in the most critical elections that helped lose the SC, and helped usher in trump, not only once, but twice.
in 2000, 2016, and 2024, by either voting third party or refusing to vote for the Democratic candidate.
Do you remember David SIrota, Nina Turner, Brihana Joy Gray, Cornell West, etc. who not only refused to vote for the Democratic candidate in the general election, but encouraged others to do likewise in 2016. I can't recall what campaign they were part of again.
In 2016 it didn't take much either. In every critical swing state the Democratic nominee lost by less than 1%, while Jill Stein received 1% of the vote in those critical swing state. A similar fiasco occurred in 2000 and 2024.
It was very clear in all those elections, but especially in 2025 who was the superior person verses Harris and the sociopath.
I blame those who didn't vote as much as those who voted for the sociopath for the disaster we all will be facing.
We did NOT lose because of some imaginary hard right shift of the Democratic party. We lost for the same reason we lost in 2000, 2016, and 2024, because of the all or nothing attitude of some people, "unless I get everything I want, I am not voting"
In addition, labor split the vote between Harris and the sociopath. This is the second time they voted against their own interests. The first time was when they voted for reagan over Carter. This time it will be much worse for them with union busting musk in charge.
Latinos split the vote between Harris and the sociopath. They are already feeling the impact of the stupidity of voting for the sociopath.
The good ole joe rogan fan boys who were so concerned about high prices, and overwhelmingly voted for the sociopath, let's see how they deal with the prices under the sociopath.
The protesters who refused to vote for Harris over the sociopath, by not voting for Harris, everything they were protesting from Climate Change to the middle east, they are going to have a grand time under the sociopath.
Women who didn't come out in the numbers expected in 2025, are going to experience a living hell under the sociopath and his 2025 agenda.
and of course everyone else will suffer because of the foolishness of those who refused to vote for Harris, since the extreme right wing SC now will be in place for decades to come.