I know it& #39;s frustrating for your preferred candidate to lose the nomination. Trust me. It& #39;s happened in every primary I& #39;ve voted in. But people who are saying they won& #39;t vote for Biden - many with completely legitimate reasons in mind - have to realize that this election isn& #39;t
just about the person who will sit in the Oval Office. It& #39;s about the people they hire for their administration. Sure, Biden probably won& #39;t be picking the most progressive people around, but they won& #39;t be open white nationalist Stephen Miller. They won& #39;t be Betsy DeVos.
They won& #39;t be Jared Kushner. Biden will also stop letting various important agencies whither and atrophy, like the Departments of Energy, Agriculture, and Commerce, which collect important scientific data we& #39;ve been missing out on for 3 years that can help prevent the next
catastrophe we face - which, as COVID shows, we& #39;re clearly not prepared for thanks to the Trump administration& #39;s gutting of bureaucratic institutions like those. Finally, perhaps most importantly, IT& #39;S ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT. It will be IMPOSSIBLE to pass and keep progressive
legislation if we have a 7-2 SC for the next generation. IT WON& #39;T HAPPEN. And the next president will get to pick 2 or 3 justices. THIS IS BIGGER THAN BIDEN. Hate him all you want, but please realize that it& #39;s not about one person. I did not vote for Joe Biden in the primary.
But I will be voting for him in the general, because I know that this election isn& #39;t just about Joe Biden. Bernie keeps saying he won the primary on ideas. He& #39;s not wrong - the Democratic party is the most left it& #39;s been since the 70s. That is a success. One President Biden isn& #39;t
going to ruin that (especially if, as I predict, he won& #39;t even finish out a first term). But 4 more years of a President Trump could seriously ruin any chances of us seeing real progressive policies enacted any time soon. Let& #39;s not work against ourselves, here. Please.
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