The far left criticized MVP Kamala Harris for going to many of these same red districts with Liz Cheney, but applaud Bernie, AOC and Walz for going to these districts. We see you. We have always seen you.
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Yep and it’s bullshit because the only way to reach those people is to go where they can actually be heard. All Dems should be going to red districts it shouldn’t be an issue
They're going to blue cities in red districts. What's the point of doing that if you want to reach the people who voted for Trump in the highest percentages?
I'm not saying that none of them would, but how many? Do you really believe that Sanders has been speaking to cheering crowds of people who despise the left?
I can’t speak to who’s there right now but I can tell you I know more than one lifelong conservative who has gone out to hear Bernie and what he has to say; however I think they aren’t necessarily trying to reach the Trump diehards but the ones who may be independents to bring them back to the fold
Type in your handle, click password and it sends you back here and gives you a temp password, not your bsky password, and then you can block everyone who likes a post. @alyssonfergison.bsky.social posted about it a few days ago. I haven't used it, but she has!
It's always gonna be about the anti-Blackness, nothing else. That's the message Bernie's rallies are meant to send to the real base of the Democratic Party. He doesn't care about his ashy fan club crowds any more than Trump does.
Dude literally had a black woman press secretary and a black woman leading his campaign. The level of effort you'll go to in order to cast the only wing of the Democratic party that supports equity as racist is absolutely insane.
Yes, but it's still so weird to me that blocking doesn't remove them as followers.
Like, why have it be that way?
I haven't had a Twitter for years, so I don't remember if it worked that way there?
Also, recall VP Harris was running for President to save democracy & the same whining - stalkers now from having everything dismantled!
My darn 🚫 finger is tired...
They genuinely act like they picked up the phone and gasped when they saw the notification. How was Liz Cheney less preferable than a whole gaggle of GOP? they’re just using that as an excuse. Lbr, they saw it on Twitter and were happy they could find a reason not to vote for her.
It is not only the far left. We have "normal" moderate Democrats who resent us and the DSA and Justice Dems constantly try to destroy us from within. The "squad" is constantly working to overpower us. We know what we need to do and we must stay focused. We are the base.
They weren't going to vote for her because she's black and she spoke loud and clear. I'm saying this as a liberal, a lot of Democrat and left-leaning voters are soft af, and during the election a lot of them deflected Trump to judge Kamala.
Dems are NOT perfect, but they at least /try/ to get things done that benefit most people. I had so much hope for Ms Harris. But alas, can't have brown women running anything (even though they do run everything.) But Dems eat their young and criticize their elders. So we can't have nice things.
Tulsi Gabbard was on the short list to be Bernie’s VP in 2016.
He made her a Fellow of the Sanders Institute.
He *knew* Russians were helping his campaign too.
Thanks for the info. I remember suggestions about Bernie and Russia but I didn’t realize at the time Tulsi Gabbard was on his short list. I learned about Tulsi Gabbard and Russia from Secretary Clinton in 2019. Jill Stein too…
Yep. I think Bernie is a little rigid in his ideology which was formed in the mid/late sixties.
Russia was a good guy to old lefties.
He and his wife Jane honeymooned in Russia.
So I think he’s got a blind spot.
You're right, but at the same time, they believe that buy-in from Black Americans, or the appearance of it, is critical to the success of their political projects. They want to use our identity *and* rail against Black identity politics.
Exactly this. When I was in my late teens I bought their line for a while because I was young and dumb. They are DESPERATE for buy-in from Black ppl because they're all white. And they get nasty about and to Black ppl who won't fall in line, as you know.
Infighting and purity tests aren't going to get us our left wing utopia, comrades.
I look at trajectory, not perfection.
And we are all fighting a decades long campaign of lies that have convinced people we can never have nice things like Universal health care.
1. whether right or wrong, non-leftist values of the actual working class were ignored because they didn’t fit the narrative
2. for some reason, “Trump is SO EVIL even this [terrible Republican] supports Kamala instead!” got turned into “Kamala loves this terrible republican!”
the post-SOTU Reagan debacle is a perfect example. “Even Reagan was 100x better than Trump on the Russian threat” is true! Trump being worse does NOT mean Reagan is “good”
But when that immediately gets spun into “Blue leadership PRAISES AND LOVES REAGAN!!” instead, there’s a huge messaging problem
the problem is primarily that Democratic leadership does not believe in a goddamned thing, and this makes their claims to stand for things they have zero history of acting like they believe come off as the spineless, insincere pandering they, in fairness, absolutely are.
Correct! She doesn’t owe anyone shit; neither does Presidents Obama nor Biden.
Everyone knew Trump from his first term & were warned about a second w/out guardrails. The fact Republicans joined MVP Harris to warn the citizenry, should’ve been enough.
To add to this I find the performative hatred of Liz Cheney comical. She could very well be wrongfully imprisoned or even killed by a MAGA loon for standing up to Trump. Choosing country over party should be celebrated. I respect her way more than the losers who fetishize abstaining from voting
And, contrary to the narrative, they aren’t the only dems out there speaking to people. Just this week, all these 👇 , and more, are happening. Many Dem town halls have also happened the prior 3 weeks.
We need to stop categorizing people and start talking to all constituents in a community. The citizens would be surprised that they actually have a lot in common. Both parties need to learn this.
So many of the criticisms of “with Cheney” forget that Cheney was like the only Republican to truly break with her party over J6. I know the optics felt weird to see a Cheney campaigning for Harris, but like she had a first row seat to the insurrection. Why not support Harris as much as possible?
And, frankly, if the optics look weird to loyal Democrats, that's probably good politics. As for Liz herself, she didn't ask for a single concession before campaigning for Harris. She gained my respect for that. Other Republicans are like, "ohhhh I can't try to save my country b/c of abortion 😭"
I’m appreciating seeing more Bernie skepticism. I got major ick from the Bernie bros and the anti-identity politics crowd in 2016. Lately though, I feel that things are a bit hopeless until white people wake up to the capitalist class structure that created the deep racism in the first place.
Hmmm, it seems there are a lot of quote tweets insinuating that Kamala Harris is the same as Trump. And yet, we'd have a pretty different landscape right now had people not voted for fascism. Whatever people need to do to assuage their cognitive dissonance, I guess.
And they're showing themselves again. Here, now. When I say something like this, I might get one or two hateful replies. This post got at least thirty, maybe more. I lost count of how many I just blocked.
I think we all know what the difference is. It's as plain as the... well, my whole face.
Chile the Bernie cult makes it seem like he can do no wrong, he can never get anything passed and he has a more conservative voting record that Kamala. Hell he even said he’d work with Trump right after he got voted in. He has been bitter since Hilary, and has sabotaged every election since.
I actually liked Bernie at first, but the more interviews I watch from him and I read more things on him. I can see his flaws like any other candidate, some of the praises he gets are unearned.
It was when the local.BLM stormed his stage in Seattle and then he magically announced Simone Sanders that got me skeptical. Then I moved backed to the South and saw what his ilk really thought of Black and Brown voters. I was done.
That too! Bernie stans have a bad rep of being racist, they want the Democratic Party without the black and brown. Even though we are the only people who are consistent voters.
I read an article written by then state representative Jayapal speaking about how she heard things like "Taser them" and "arrest them" when they stormed the stage. Jayapal also said she stood next to a Black mother and her kids, seeing the look of unease. That never sat right with me.
Thank you for saying this. I'm fine with Bernie, AOC and Tim doing this but I was even happier when Kamala was doing it with Liz Cheney. The woman was trying to win an election for us, US!
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This works
We need pols under 60 to run
Where do these people come from?
We turn every disagreement into a torrent of abuse and WWIII. Hell, I do it too.
I need to block and not engage.
Idk why.
Like, why have it be that way?
I haven't had a Twitter for years, so I don't remember if it worked that way there?
The Absolute TRUTH of HYPOCRISY 💯
Also, recall VP Harris was running for President to save democracy & the same whining - stalkers now from having everything dismantled!
My darn 🚫 finger is tired...
Darn sure 👀 you!
He made her a Fellow of the Sanders Institute.
He *knew* Russians were helping his campaign too.
Russia was a good guy to old lefties.
He and his wife Jane honeymooned in Russia.
So I think he’s got a blind spot.
The watermelon mafia and the Bernie bros like to use Black people and other, actual visible minorities as punching bag and scapegoat.
The only acceptable exception for them, is the Magic Grandpa from Vermont, who stripped himself of his Jewish heritage.
Just will not work with US.
#WeAreThe92Percent
As always Bernie douches and stein assholes please add me to your blocklists. I love when the trash takes itself out.
I look at trajectory, not perfection.
And we are all fighting a decades long campaign of lies that have convinced people we can never have nice things like Universal health care.
Ds got accused of courting “mythical” anti-trump Rs. whether true or not (my opinion is beside the point), the flip side is:
does this “secret leftist proletariat” actually exist? the working class was clear about what they wanted, and it was very much NOT communism.
1. whether right or wrong, non-leftist values of the actual working class were ignored because they didn’t fit the narrative
2. for some reason, “Trump is SO EVIL even this [terrible Republican] supports Kamala instead!” got turned into “Kamala loves this terrible republican!”
But when that immediately gets spun into “Blue leadership PRAISES AND LOVES REAGAN!!” instead, there’s a huge messaging problem
Everyone knew Trump from his first term & were warned about a second w/out guardrails. The fact Republicans joined MVP Harris to warn the citizenry, should’ve been enough.
They’re not responsible, Trump is! ⬇️
Of course Harris, Cheney, Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Walz and others should've been and should be touring the gerrymandered red districts – good on them.
There will always be distractions. The fight is for democracy.
Although I tend to just call them stupid until they block me.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-montage-kamala-harris-going-162754108.html
Tragic.
I think we all know what the difference is. It's as plain as the... well, my whole face.
I'll look at 'em and report the ones violating the ToS. Not giving up on making this a better place.
same as it always is….
Again, thank you.
We been knowin'.....
Always sabotage. It’s
In their
DNA