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Don’t ever ask for progressives’ vote again. We’re done voting blue no matter who.
So where, pray tell, do the progressive votes go?
Primary them sure. Try and snag it back. But you won't turn your next vote red. You know that. And they know that. And I sure as fuck won't do it either. The DNC can rot. But...
You can and should blame the two party system sure. But if you don't primary and win. Well. We've seen that before again and again.
I'm a progressive that will vote blue again. Reluctantly. Emphatically so. But I will.
The posturing of principals means nothing in our political reality. And it pisses me off. But reality doesn't care about your feelings.
If democrats want our votes, it's time for them to start earning them.
The fewer MAGAs that vote the better IMO, democratic candidates shouldn't make concessions to people like you.
“Concessions to people like me”:
I’m not in dire need of any of those. But I’m not a selfish dickhead.
"if i dont get my twains then i wont stop trans ppl from losing their healthcare"
good thing you're obv too young to vote anyway
I’m advocating for basic things people need to survive (not for myself) and you’re treating it like I want a pony.
Oh, and what an excellent example. Newsom and other corpo dems are abandoning the trans cause to (try to) woo centrists. Progressives aren’t.
What planet do you live on?
Yeah, it's what centrists do.
Trans people lost healthcare under Biden, and Harris said she would "follow the laws" on trans people in red states.
So that argument is null.