When exactly was this? I have heard “oh, I like [candidate/policy] but there’s no way they can win/it can get passed, we need to be realistic” so many times from so many elected officials and media figures with big platforms I wouldn’t even know where to begin listing examples
Bernie didn’t win the nomination, but he inspired a new generation of Democratic Socialists to run and a lot of them won. I know it’s oversimplified … but they just need to run and we need to turn up and vote. It has to start with smaller, local districts. And those are the races who are hurt the most by this defeatism that we can’t win the presidency on this ticket today, so I may as well not vote at all.
When exactly was this? I have heard “oh, I like [candidate/policy] but there’s no way they can win/it can get passed, we need to be realistic” so many times from so many elected officials and media figures with big platforms I wouldn’t even know where to begin listing examples
“Here’s how Bernie can still win”
“Guys we just need to vote for Nader!”
It’s never going to happen. Most of the country won’t vote for it, and the backlash will be huge.
We’re doomed.
Bernie didn’t win the nomination, but he inspired a new generation of Democratic Socialists to run and a lot of them won. I know it’s oversimplified … but they just need to run and we need to turn up and vote. It has to start with smaller, local districts. And those are the races who are hurt the most by this defeatism that we can’t win the presidency on this ticket today, so I may as well not vote at all.