Some people say that they are going to vote for a 3rd party candidate because they want 3rd party candidates to get more votes and become more popular, so they can gain a place on the Presidential debate stage.

The argument is this: according to debate rules, if a 3rd party...

...candidate gets 5% of the national popular vote, then that 3rd party candidate will qualify to be on the debate stage with the Republican and Democratic candidates.

So, let me get this straight:

You're going to vote for a 3rd party candidate in 2020, just so that he can...

... qualify to be on the debate stage in 2024?

That's four years from now.

Okay, let's say he gets the 5% of the popular vote, and he gets on the debate stage in 2024. Then what?

Do you think he's going to do so well in the 2024 debates that his national popularity...

...is going to suddenly jump from 5% to 34%, and suddenly 50 million voters are going to stop voting for Democrats and Republicans, which they've done for 100 years, and now they're going to vote for a 3rd party???

Are you high on crack?

Listen to your argument:

You want to vote for a 3rd party candidate, JUST so he can get 5% of the popular vote, JUST so he can "qualify" for a debate, which won't happen until FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, and then, during that debate, he's going to do SO WELL that he will win the 2024 election?

That's insane.

Meanwhile, when you vote for a 3rd party candidate in 2020, that means there's one less vote against Trump.

While you're sitting on your ass waiting for the 2024 debate, you're allowing Trump to stay in power.

During the next 4 YEARS, he will do much more damage to the planet.

And -- get this -- if he is allowed to remain in power, and appoint more conservative Supreme Court Justices, he will then simply declare himself President-For-Life and CANCEL the 2024 election, and the conservative Supreme Court will do nothing to stop him.

And guess what else?

Your 3rd party candidate won't be on the debate stage in 2024, because there won't be debates in 2024, because there won't be elections in 2024.

Wow, your "voting 3rd party" 5% plan was a total fucking failure.

So, let's summarize:

Don't vote for a 3rd party candidate in 2020. That strategy doesn't work AT ALL.

Instead, in 2020, vote for Biden.

Otherwise Trump will cancel elections and poison his opponents and probably jail you for smoking all that crack.

Don't be dumb. #VoteBiden in 2020.

That's it.

Oh! One more thing!

You hate the system, right? You hate the corporate political scam machine that only allows Democrats and Republicans on the debate stage, right?

Well, if your 3rd party candidate does indeed get 5% of the popular vote, then guess what will happen?

IF your 3rd party candidate DOES get five percent of the popular vote, THEN the corporate political machine will simply CHANGE THE RULES and say that they actually need TEN PERCENT of the popular vote to get on the debate stage.

Don't be a sucker. That 5% strategy is total B.S.