Sanders Tells Progressives to Abandon the Democrats

[Oopsie Daisy]

198. Oh, I see. So am I to understand that "voting one's conscience" is more important than actually winning?

That was a refrain that we heard often in 2016. People like Michael Moore, Jane Sanders, Nina Turner, Cornel West and Susan Sarandon promoted that idea in defense of those who voted for Jill Stein.

And for "lefty liberal, progressives" who want to "act like one" (to use your words) then they should ONLY vote for or support candidates who are "perfect" rather than the candidates who actually have a chance of winning? This type of virtue signaling and performance voting is what gets us in the situation we're in today.

It's the same thing that happened in 2016, and a similar thing happened again last year with the "Uncommitted" movement who felt that Biden wasn't "good enough" and so they voted for Trump (to send a message) or the didn't vote at all (to punish the Democrats).

That's not very smart. It's emotional. It's impulsive. It's selfish... but it's not very smart at all.