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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, Bernie but the Democrats know whose side they are on and whose side they have always been on [View all]Maven
(10,533 posts)Which is that you willfully ignore actual Democrats who are talking the talk and walking the walk. Democrats such as
Elizabeth Warren
John Conyers
Adam Schiff
Mark Warner
Al Franken
Maxine Waters
Patrick Leahy
Kristen Gillibrand
Andrew Cuomo
etc. etc.
While Bernie keeps bloviating about how awful the Democratic Party is, these actual Democrats are working day in and day out to stop the orange menace, preserve people's healthcare, increase access to college education, raise the minimum wage, and more.
We literally had a foreign power intervene in our election to install a dictator at the head of our government. What has Mr. Sanders DONE about it? Next to nothing. Zero. Zilch. And you want to talk about people pretending it's "business as usual"???
Then again, when your whole brand is about attacking the Democratic Party as being weak and corrupt, it doesn't behoove you to acknowledge that Democrats, despite their faults, are pushing in the right direction against a litany of outside forces trying to pull the country into fascism using all means necessary, including but not limited to treason against our country.
Open your eyes, and let go of these stupid reductive labels (ZOMG CORPO-DEMS!!!!111!!). I mean, really, HRC said nothing about the environment? Here's an ENTIRE ISSUES PAGE on her website dedicated to climate change. https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/
Honestly there is so much wrong with your post, but mainly you and the other holdouts you refer to as "progressive voters" (I'm an urban progressive, BTW, and I did not support Bernie, nor did most of my friends) need to GET REAL about the differences between the two sides and what is constructive criticism vs. what is divisive demagoguery. Because there is plenty of the latter on the left as well as the right.