Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Laurence Tribe, the Constitutional law prof at Harvard, has concerns about Bernie. [View all]lapucelle
(19,495 posts)People are probably correct in thinking that it would have taken extraordinary leadership and the power to inspire to convince voters to choose the Democratic candidate rather than vote for the Republican who was hard at work protecting gun owners, vetoing raises in the minimum wage, refusing to consider family leave legislation, incarcerating POC at disproportionate rates, and then shipping them down south to do forced labor in for-profit prisons.
It was, however, a fight worth fighting, and it would have been a courageous one at that, given the Vermont electorate's fickle proclivities. It is easy to understand why for some standing shoulder to shoulder with a transgender candidate and calling out the Republican governor whose chief accomplishment was keeping the comfortable comfortable at the expense of the marginalized wasn't a risk worth taking.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden