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Sanders and Warren push Democrats to fight for workers and ‘unrig’ economy
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She split the vote by staying running against the best progressive voice of our time. Her selfishness is a direct cause of Biden being elected.
And in turn trump being reelected.
Hard to say that one. But I truly believe it. Similar to if Florida didn’t steal the presidency from Al Gore.
You can pretty much lay blame on anyone or anything because there's absolutely no way to prove it one way or another. You might as well be saying Biden got elected because of the phase of the moon.
Are you claiming the spoiler effect doesn't exist?
I'm claiming that people employ binary thinking and lay blame where the answer is just a wee bit more complex. Saying "Her selfishness is a direct cause of Biden being elected." is flat-out ludicrous for all kinds of reasons, mainly that no one knows what would have happened if Bernie had been the candidate. Nobody's even putting numbers on what "split the vote" even means. FFS.
And look, I voted for Bernie. I even wrote him in in 2020 (I'm in CA).
But the main reason I'm saying all this is that she had the right to run. It just comes across as incredibly shitty - AND exactly the same thinking that made HRC the candidate - to say "oh no, you there, you can't run because it might split the vote".