Shouldn’t the people who spend all day trolling and policing leftists on twitter be instead spending their time phone banking for Joe Biden? Seems like a really strange use of their time. 🤔
You know who gave Trump the White House? The many millions of people who didn’t vote at all because they didn’t like the candidate or platform in 2016. Instead of harping at leftists you hate, maybe call some non-voters? Maybe appeal to the 40% of independents in the country?
Barack Obama was a popular Democratic President. Joe Biden was his Vice President. A lot of Americans despise Trump and rightly assess the dangers of a second term. This may be enough to beat Trump. But I wouldn’t bank on that calculation alone.
How does messaging like this, which despicably compares “socialists” to “plutocrats,” help Joe Biden win?
This line is an appeal to NeverTrumper Republicans and neoconservatives and it is delivered by attacking progressives and Sanders supporters while pretending the Democratic Party’s corporate wing are not actually plutocrats. Again, maybe that beats Trump, but would you bet on it?
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