So-called 'leftists' cheering for Dems to lose? Where have I seen THAT before??

[Blue_Tires]

Link to tweet

Seems like the purity left cares about "teaching a lesson" more than they do about working towards victory...

[NCTraveler]

1. White? Check. Male? Check. Angry? Check.

Punitive? Check.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Intercept hack writer? Check... Non-Virginian? Check...

[RandySF]

26. Hipsters

Too cool not to be angry

[NurseJackie]

2. This is what Susan Sarandon wanted. Just LOOK at how giddy and animated she is...

... she can barely contain her excitement at the horrors that await us. (Yes, we HAVE seen this type of behavior before.)

[uponit7771]

4. The revolution was from Russia and the Sarandon types love to ignore that little fact

[Madam45for2923]

10. When you put it like that!

[coolsandy]

33. The Revolution is still from Russia with love.

[lagomorph777]

36. The 2nd Bolshevik Revolution is right here in the USA.

Nice.

[lunamagica]

44. Has she even seen Dr. Zhivago? All that happened with his wealth and his mansion?

Sure, she'd love to live that.

[betsuni]

66. Yeah, the peasants who moved into Zhivago's house were really bossy and mean, and it was cold!

And she should watch the movie "Reds" as well.

[EllieBC]

6. She's worthless.

Wealthy white woman beyond childbearing age who has literally nothing to lose in her quest for a revolution.

[VermontKevin]

15. "After Hitler, our turn!"

[Maven]

51. Exactly!

The level of self-importance and self-delusion is infuriating.

[TNNurse]

23. Yeah, she is very wealthy.

She won't suffer under Trump. Cannot watch her act anymore.

[lunamagica]

41. I've been waiting for her to do her part for the "revolution". You know, like opening up one

(just one) of her mansions, divide it up so she can house the poor and downtrodden.

Or maybe she could start by rescinding her 16 million contract for L'Oreal for child exploitation...then she can give the dirty profits she has already earned to "the people".

Or something besides her idiotic posturing.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Are we supposed to know who these people are?

[comradebillyboy]

17. good point

[NurseJackie]

18. Not always. Some are very stealthy and clever. I believe the OP is...

... a reminder that we should be on our guard, and we should always be aware and mindful of this type of destructive mindset. We should call it out for what it is, and we should avoid being lured into that way of thinking.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

19. Yep. Agree 100%.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

72. I shall remain ever vigilant

[Bradical79]

24. This guy is a independent journalist

Looks like he has written for The Intercept, Daily Beast, and Huffington Post.

[melman]

32. Once we figure that out

Maybe someone can point out where the 'cheering' is in those tweets.

[rpannier]

67. That was my first thought

"And these people are who exactly?"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Isn't Michael Tracy the sad clown who said the septuagenarian Maxine Waters beat him up ?

[hedda_foil]

8. And you're posting it here why?

[NurseJackie]

14. It's a reminder that these types still exist ... and that we should be aware of their agenda.

It's a reminder that these types still exist, that they're still trying to influence and manipulate others ... and that we should be aware of their agenda.

Seems fairly straightforward to me. Did you detect some sort of nefarious subtext or less-than-honest motivation that I may have overlooked?

[Iliyah]

9. Bots, you never know . . .

Russia/China, et al., are still working hard to keep the USA fucked.

[AJT]

12. Yep. If you don't know the person behind the posting then ignore them.

[radical noodle]

38. All you have to do is look around

to see that there are still people who believe the Russian "can't trust the neoliberal Dems" meme.

[mcar]

11. Sickening

[Greybnk48]

16. The bots, Russian and domestic, are out in force.

These are not "people." They are paid propagandists.

[lark]

20. Yeah, but are they really progressive or just rw/Russia plants?

Susan Sarandon didn't prevent Hillary from winning, Russia & repugs cheating did.

[ffr]

21. Bots. Bots. Bots.

Jenna Abrams, Russia’s Clown Troll Princess, Duped the Mainstream Media and the World



https://www.thedailybeast.com/jenna-abrams-russias-clown-troll-princess-duped-the-mainstream-media-and-the-world

[JDC]

22. This is what trolling looks like. This is not some progressive out to teach Dems a lesson

It's designed and targeted to divide. Did it work?

[IronLionZion]

25. A few too many DUers want Dems to lose

as some sort of purity purge.

[Chakaconcarne]

27. bots....dont buy this bullshit people.

[aeromanKC]

28. Playing right into Putin's hand

Anyone who supports Trump or today's GOP is a traitor to American democracy.

[progressoid]

29. Seems like he's just another internet blowhard. Not a so-called "leftist"

https://www.patreon.com/eoinhiggins

He says he's "an independent journalist and historian from Western Massachusetts."

[Shoonra]

30. It happened in Nixon v. Humphrey, 1968 ....

Yes, Leftists turned on the Democrats in 1968, when Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey by about a million votes, a margin much smaller than the nine million garnered by George Wallace (altho the Electoral College was much more lopsided).

As one letter in a magazine after the Election said, "Those kids taught Lyndon Johnson a lesson they're never gonna forget."

[Sgent]

70. This is a center

or center right country. No leftist has ever held national office, and I don't see that changing. Hillary ran the most left campaign on the most left platform every, and we elected Trump.

[Nitram]

31. Them ain't liberals. Them be Russian trolls.

[MFM008]

35. The reason

We're stuck with the moron ,maggot ,repulsive, vile ,venal ,disgrace, poor excuse for a human that's squatting in the white house now.

[brooklynite]

37. Which of the posts was "cheering for Dems to lose"?

[Demsrule86]

42. Both tweets were cheering for Gillespie and delighted for Dems to lose...fuck them all...and these

are folks who need a seat at the table...a good kick in the arse perhaps...but not a seat at the Democratic table.

[KPN]

39. Load of crap Blue_Tires.

There's no "cheering" going on except in your mind.

Why don't you just stop the divisiveness (and underlying effort to stifle and silence dissenting views).

[Demsrule86]

43. Did you read them...yes there is.

[KPN]

47. Yes, I did. But I also went back and re-read

just to make sure I didn't miss something. There was no cheering ... and anything that seemed close to it was by people who I'm sure share your perspective re the Dem Party machinations currently going on.

So, no, there wasn't.

[Demsrule86]

57. I thought they were cheering...they should a complete lack of concern...and one said

something like why should a liberal Democrat vote for Northam...why indeed...maybe to stop the jackbooted Gillespie...moron...(him not you).

[KPN]

71. You thought wrong.

[Demsrule86]

73. Your opinion, but they were wrong about the election...if I go back and see what they say today...

well that will tell the tale.

[Blue_Tires]

49. You Eoin Higgins' cousin or something?

[melman]

52. You going to point out the cheering?

[Eliot Rosewater]

53. So simple

Vote democratic ticket in all elections like your actual life depends on it

[Blue_Tires]

61. I'll just leave this here

Link to tweet

Now tell me who's being divisive??

[melman]

68. Right. Because that's one of the guys in the OP

Oh wait. He's totally not.

[Demsrule86]

40. Those so called leftists don't matter in my book...fuck them.

They are in effect Republicans.

[KPN]

48. Nice imitation.

[Demsrule86]

56. No idea what that means...but if one against Democrats...the only Party that can

stop the GoP and Trump, such a person is not a leftist, progressive or any other group of the left...he/sbe is a fucking right wing GOPer.

[Demsrule86]

45. Greenwald guy...so that explains it or a Russian troll.

Link to tweet

[joshcryer]

59. That's fucking priceless.

Link to tweet

[NastyRiffraff]

46. Yes, we've seen this movie before

I'm tired of the re-runs. Assholes.

[Duncan Grant]

54. This guy has 400 Facebook followers. We should be scared. And worried.

Do I not understand the threat?

[Gothmog]

55. This is so very very sad and wrong

[Skittles]

58. people voted because they hate Trump, not because of "moderates"

don't listen to that crap

[Tarheel_Dem]

60. I'm so sick of being lectured by this faction. How many victories did they get tonight?

[JI7]

62. these people are Trolls who want democrats to lose and for republicans to win

[Fait Accompli]

63. Well I dunno what your Twitter timeline looks like..

But on mine, fellow leftists are extremely happy and celebratory. Huge night for DSA. Also a huge night for the people of Philadelphia with the election of Krasner, which is unfortunately but understandably flying under the radar right now.

[Jamaal510]

64. Sickos. nt

[rpannier]

69. I went to his account

Nathan Bernhardt wrote after the race was called

in fairness us being wrong means that we underestimated people turning the hell out, which is a great thing to be wrong about


He (Nathan Bernhardt) wasn't cheering for the Democrats to lose. He predicted something and was glad he was wrong