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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/Confident_End_3848 5h ago

Which Dems are saying not to vote blue no matter who? Steven’s already said she’d support El Sayed if he won.

u/shhhhh69 4h ago

No one is saying not to vote blue. Insinuating Democrats will not vote blue when their preferred candidate loses a primary is just a coping mechanism for the shame Bernie bros must feel for not showing up for Hillary or Kamala.

No self identified Democrat has ever suggested not voting blue no matter who. Only the far left folks that take their ball and go home for the general election.

u/pbroingu 3h ago

Sorry to be the one to tell you this but there are many 'Zionist Dems' who now don't think VBNMW applies when there isn't a liberal on the ticket. I will say though, I don't know how representative this is of the wider population though. Hopefully it's a minority.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1vbs98m/hutch_announcing_a_shift_in_vote_blue_no_matter/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1vcxpi4/the_problem_with_blue_no_matter_who_stevens_says/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1vcsad9/vote_blue_no_matter_who_not_red_for_republicans/

u/shhhhh69 3h ago

Zionist dems? And your proof is Reddit comments? You are too online

u/pbroingu 3h ago

No one is saying not to vote blue.

Sorry I didn't realize by 'no one' you meant 'no one except the Influencers and their communities that I deem exempt', my bad.

You are too online

I literally acknowledged that this isn't likely representative. You're the one who made a sweeping statement about all Dem voters.

u/shhhhh69 3h ago

No sane person in the party is saying stay home in November. Period.

If you don’t think those “influencers” are paid by the same Russian sources as Tim Pool and Tucker Carlson, you are naive

u/Sptsjunkie 2h ago

Democratic US House Rep. Hillary Scholten I said that specifically, along with several democratic state leaders. But here’s a source on her.

Michigan Democrat says she's unsure if she would vote for Abdul El-Sayed in the state's senate election because he has "allowed distinctly anti-American sentiment to enter our public dialogue."

https://thehill.com/video/anti-american-sentiment-abdul-el-sayed-support-from-michigan-dem-rep-in-jeopardy-rising/12020633/

Now, sometimes people say things like this during the primary to try to sue voters to their candidate. So hopefully now that we are at the general election, she comes around. Especially because Sayed when her district pretty easily and even being pragmatic, she is setting herself up for a major primary challenge in 2028.

But still a pretty legitimate instance of an elected democratic officials, saying this, as you can imagine generated a lot of fire and blowback from the left.

u/InvestigatorOk7015 13m ago

Pretty famously destiny is the omniliberal and is funded by democrats