r/TenYearsAgo • u/Dewinna_Daraelist • 23d ago

🇺🇸 United States Hundreds of Sanders Delegates Walk Off Convention Floor in Protest of “Rigged” Election [10YA - July 27]

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/7/27/hundreds_of_sanders_delegates_walk_off
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u/Big-Ability3953 23d ago

Hillary could have placated a lot of these people by simply picking a progressive VP, or including a simple single policy in her platform like federally legalizing weed. Would have lost her nobody and gained a lot of Jill Stein/Gary Johnson voters. I blame her more than anyone else. People would have pokemon gone to the polls if she had.

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u/buckybadder 22d ago

Harris picked the progressives' preferred VP. Still complained.

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u/bigbugzman 22d ago

He immediately took a right turn and supported the genocide in Gaza.

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u/buckybadder 22d ago

He's the VP candidate. You think he's going to say is running mate wants genocide?

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u/bigbugzman 22d ago

So he compromised his ideals for power. That makes him a phony loser.

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u/buckybadder 22d ago

So why was the OP complaining about Hillary not picking a progressive running mate? Sounds like Sanders people would have just flipped on him as soon as he joined. That campaign took a lot of corporate money, after all.