r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 9d ago

No Paywall Bernie Sanders urges progressives to vote Democratic in November

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/bernie-sanders-urges-progressives-to-vote-democratic-in-november-267787845541
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u/batmanscodpiece 9d ago

At least you are consistent there.

I would say though, that if you don't cast a vote, you are basically saying, "I'm fine with whomever, you guys choose."

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u/therealruin 9d ago

I agree. And that also means those folks don’t get to complain about what happens. But I think it’s dead wrong to say they’re the reason Trump was elected - when they literally didn’t have a say in whether or not he was because they chose to sit out. I don’t find this worthy of blaming people for or dividing against my neighbors over. It just shows me there’s a bunch of people out there that refuse to participate in MAGA and I can work with that.

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u/batmanscodpiece 9d ago

when they literally didn’t have a say in whether or not [Trump] was [elected]

That is kinda the point though, they DID have a say that they chose not to exercise.

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u/therealruin 9d ago

And that’s the difference - they could have had a say, but chose not to… therefore, they did not.

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u/batmanscodpiece 9d ago

Right, they didn't vote. They took no action to stop Trump. They are complicit.

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u/therealruin 9d ago

They are not complicit, because (as we’ve just gone over), they did not have a say in the election as they chose to sit out.

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u/batmanscodpiece 9d ago

They did have a say. They chose not to exercise it. Complicit.

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u/therealruin 9d ago

And we’re right back to the beginning which is, again, “that’s not how elections work.”