Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Who will NOT support Bernie if he is the Democratic nominee? [View all]still_one
(98,883 posts)the supporters of Sanders, and the Bernie or Bust from 2016 redux, and every indication has been given from the Sanders campaign that they have no problem with that, because they appointed three people to high positions in his campaign who not only voted for Jill Stein in 2016, but encouraged others to do likewise, up to the night before the election.
David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray
but yeah OP, keep pushing the divisionary bullshit, when maybe the one's more likely not to vote for the Democratic nominee if it isn't THEIR candidate, is the candidate YOU are focusing on:
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/-bernie-or-bust-voters-create-predicament-for-democrats-in-2020
Bernie or Bust Voters Create Predicament for Democrats in 2020
By Sahil Kapur
April 17, 2019, 10:00 AM GMT+2
For a sliver of Sanders base, its Bernie or bust. They may detest President Donald Trump, but they didnt vote for Hillary Clinton and theyre not sure theyll back the Democratic nominee in 2020 if Sanders isnt on the ballot. Theyre willing do whatever it takes to push the party to adopt his ideas.
Sometimes things have to get ugly before they get better, said Melissa Mallaber, a 46-year-old social worker who attended Sanders rally in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Theres such a thing as necessary evils in life to restore the balance.
Mallaber said she cast a write-in vote for Sanders in 2016 rather than go along with a Democratic establishment choice who wouldnt take bold action on issues like health care and climate change. People had to wake up, she said. If we had another Clinton in office what would have changed?
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Dunaj, 76, said at Sanders rally Saturday in Macomb County, Michigan. In other words, Trump wins, but we wouldnt let it happen again.
Dunaj said she backed Stein in 2016 and doesnt know how shed vote in 2020 if Sanders isnt the nominee.
The die-hard Sanders fans often describe politics as a binary struggle between a wealthy ruling class and ordinary workers who are being exploited, and they see centrist Democrats as part of the problem. And theyre wholly unpersuaded by the argument that they should vote for a moderate Democrat over a Republican as the lesser of two evils.
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Hope Larkin-Begley, a computer programmer in Pennsylvania, came to the rally wearing a Sanders 2020 button, hat, sign and a peace-sign shirt with his name on it. She voted for Stein in 2016 and has no regrets about the outcome, saying the election of Trump ripped the veneer off the ruling class and steered the Democratic Party in the more left-wing direction of Sanders.
If Hillary had won wed be going down the same incrementalism road, she said. Its better to have a buffoon rather than a civilized smooth-talking charlatan.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden