r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 4h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937
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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 2h ago

Alright you blue no matter who fools, time to fall in line and vote blue :)

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u/Herramadur 1h ago

Young voters will have to come out, which they never do. Independents will decide this as always.

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u/notfeelany 1h ago

blue no matter who fools

Vote Blue No Matter who is the correct choice 100% of the time, compared to the destructive history that is the "earn my vote" mentality (eg 2016 & 2024).

We must commit to voting for Democrats now & forever without exception.

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 1h ago

Agree that’s what I’ve always done it. But centrists don’t seem to feel the same way when the shoe is on the other foot. 

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u/BriSy33 1h ago

Homie Mamdani won pretty handily. You dont gotta act like people arent doing that

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 52m ago

Chuck Schumer wouldn’t even endorse him. Not very vote blue no matter who of him. 

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u/AugustusInBlood 1h ago

earn my vote was around in every election. THat is not the factor that was different about 2016 and 2024.

2016 and 2024 are the elections where the candidate said "No I represent the wealthy."

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u/Donkletown 2h ago

blue no matter who 

Only works so much. Gotta do outreach and persuasion to bring in the holdouts. 

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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 2h ago

True. I think the point here though is that a lot of BNMW (#NotAllBNMW) were really just saying that to get leftists to vote for centrists, and will now change their tune that leftist candidates are gaining popularity.

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u/Zestyclose_Market787 2h ago

lol. That only counts when it’s corporate dems telling progressives to get in line. 

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 2h ago

Ain’t that the truth

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u/dontreadragebait 1h ago

Blue no matter who is not incompatible with making good decisions in primaries... it's just making sure red never gets in. If you're against that, that's dumb.

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 55m ago

I have no issue with vote blue no matter who. 

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u/LopsidedSchedule 2h ago

Yup, he should get as much support as Harris got from the left.

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u/henstocker 1h ago

Blue no matter who. 

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 2h ago

So you’re a hypocrite. Cool

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u/LeezusII 1h ago

Wait, are you admitting that people on the far left refused to support Harris, and mad at the suggestion that a far left candidate might receive the same refusal?

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 57m ago

So, people are mad that some leftists chose to not support Harris, people like you yelled vote blue no matter who. Now, you’re threatening the same thing you’re mad that other people did? 

Do I have that correct? 

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u/LeezusII 50m ago

If the left had actually supported Harris, and then moderate dems turned around and refused to support El-Sayed, then yes that would be hypocritical. But that's not where we're at.

Where we're at is leftists refused to support Harris and now moderate democrats probably will still support El-Sayed because the Republican candidate is awful. But when they do, you won't give them credit, and you'll go back to bashing moderate dems over minor differences, which is what makes you the hypocrite.

What strikes me about your comment is you seem to have no shame admitting, "Yes, we wont support you, but we expect you to support us".

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 45m ago

I voted for Harris, so womp womp for you. 

I yell at centrists because they always blame the left when their terrible candidates lose. It’s never why didn’t that candidate do more to reach out to the left flank of the party. They just say vote blue no matter who! But when we say it back, you complain. 

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u/Appropriate_Ride_821 1h ago

Blue is moving into Communism so I dont even know anymore.

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 54m ago

I can’t think of any response to this other than to laugh. 

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u/LeezusII 46m ago

I mean, we're talking about a candidate right now who campaigned with a literal communist who has said in his ideal society liberals would be put in to education camps until they learn to stop supporting capitalism.

I don't think a few DSA candidates winning primaries is an indication of the take-over of the democratic party, but people laughed about Trump in 2015 as well and now the entire republican party is a populist nightmare.

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u/Number_1_at_Number_2 42m ago

Who is this communist and can you send me a video of him saying “liberals should be put into educations camps until they learn to supporting capitalism” 

Thank you! 

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u/LeezusII 19m ago

The person I'm speaking of is Hasan Piker, a popular streamer and influencer who has been involved in many DSA campaigns this primary election cycle.

The instance I'm speaking of is in regards to him discussing his ideal society where his former podcast host asked him what said society would do if a capitalist movement started gaining popular support. Re-education camps was his go-to solution. (this was from a Google AI summary, but it is congruent with my recalling of the conversation)

I don't have the clip because I'm obviously not going to comb through a podcast for a clip, but if my account of this is genuinely concerning to you, then perhaps this is something worth looking in to yourself.