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Now that it’s (finally) over, I’m going to talk to my fellow leftists. If you’re talking shit about how it wouldn’t have been such a close election if the DNC had chosen a more progressive candidate (like specifically Bernie) you are fully delusional and you’re harming us.
We have all the proof we require that Biden was the right candidate to run because HE WON WITH THE MOST VOTES IN HISTORY, despite a global pandemic, despite the right-wing fake news machine, despite any foreign interference, despite choosing a woman of colour as a running mate.
However, the attacks against him worked. Particularly that once elected he’ll enact his secret socialist agenda. This is part of why we lost Florida. The “Latino vote” is diverse, but we know Miami is home to many Cubans and crying socialism is an effective fear tactic.
My grandmother was Cuban. One of the last times I saw her, we visited Havana, and she was miserable about its decay. She was also racist and would cross the street to avoid Black people, in New York fucking City. She liked Trump. It was difficult for me to understand.
If you genuinely believe running a candidate who actually is and called himself a socialist, would’ve courted more of these votes - you’re delusional. If you think the DNC rigged it to stop Bernie from winning, you’re insane. You sound like a QANON conspiracy theorist.
Biden was not my first choice for president because other primary candidates stated values or policies I felt aligned more closely with my own, but he’s the right person for this political moment.
It’s genuinely revolting to see any professed left-wing person still proclaim he’s a terrible choice.
His many decades of experience, his visible growth as a politician (crediting Black people with getting him to the highest office in the land and vowing to protect transgender people in his victory speech???) and his being on TWO history-making tickets - are a credit to him.
And Kamala Harris deserves a longer moment in the sun, too.
In short...I’m not interested in passing any purity tests or bringing the guillotine back into fashion. I’m interested in having first, beaten Trump, and second, the first things he’ll do in office. He’s already promised immediate action to protect immigrants and the climate.
...Which you assholes are meant to care about.
Learn to take a fucking win.
Learn to take a fucking win.
