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To the Faux Left demanding M4A in the Dem platform:
M4A lost 21/28 states in the primary.
It lost *every county* in MI, FL, AL, MS, SC, MO, OK, WY, and WI.
It lost all but one county in IL, VA, and AR.
No, you did NOT win the ideological battle on HC.
M4A lost 21/28 states in the primary.
It lost *every county* in MI, FL, AL, MS, SC, MO, OK, WY, and WI.
It lost all but one county in IL, VA, and AR.
No, you did NOT win the ideological battle on HC.
Before he dropped out:
Sanders got >50% in just 2 states: VT (50.6) and the ND caucus (53.3). That’s 6 electoral votes.
Biden got >50% in 8 states: MI (52.9), VA (53.3), IL (58.9), MO (60.1), FL (61.9), AL (63.3), MS (81) and WI (62.8). That’s 113 electoral votes.
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Sanders got >50% in just 2 states: VT (50.6) and the ND caucus (53.3). That’s 6 electoral votes.
Biden got >50% in 8 states: MI (52.9), VA (53.3), IL (58.9), MO (60.1), FL (61.9), AL (63.3), MS (81) and WI (62.8). That’s 113 electoral votes.
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Polls ≠ votes, esp with something as complex as HC. Sanders’ M4A is a loser at the ballot box. It was in the primary and it was in 2018’s elections. Stomp your feet all you want but it won’t be in the Dem platform. #democracy
Instead of your privileged asses calling on Biden to betray the majority for what YOU want, put in some damn work.
If you want M4A, there are 3 things you need to do.
1. Educate yourselves. People won't listen when you don’t know wtf you’re talking about. https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1288504567689355266
If you want M4A, there are 3 things you need to do.
1. Educate yourselves. People won't listen when you don’t know wtf you’re talking about. https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1288504567689355266
Look, I don’t blame you for your ignorance. Sanders and other people you trust have misled and lied to you for years. The reason M4A keeps losing at the ballot box is because the majority of voters, esp Black voters, recognize snake oil when they see it. Learn the facts.
2. Work to elect Biden, flip the Senate, and keep the House.
Then advocate for M4A in Congress in 2021. Biden will sign whatever HC bill a Dem Congress passes.
Pro tip: The platform is a statement of the Dem Party’s values and general goals. It’s not legislation.
Then advocate for M4A in Congress in 2021. Biden will sign whatever HC bill a Dem Congress passes.
Pro tip: The platform is a statement of the Dem Party’s values and general goals. It’s not legislation.
3. Since you like petitions, petition Sanders to write a damn (complete) bill. M4A was his signature issue in two prez campaigns yet it’s still incomplete and deeply flawed. You look stupid insisting on a half-baked plan whose author can’t provide details. https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1250479722431156224
M4A zealots shoot themselves in the foot all day every day by caring more abt whose name’s on a plan than getting UHC and actually helping people. If y’all weren’t allergic to having an honest conversation, you would've backed one bad bitch of a SP system. https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1250476159671980032
So those are the 3 things you need to do if you want M4A.
1. Educate yourself.
2. Elect a Dem WH, Senate, and House.
3. Get a bill that can be voted on. If Sanders still refuses to do that, find someone else who will, someone willing to take on the challenges and deal w reality.
1. Educate yourself.
2. Elect a Dem WH, Senate, and House.
3. Get a bill that can be voted on. If Sanders still refuses to do that, find someone else who will, someone willing to take on the challenges and deal w reality.
Because seriously. https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1250480710244237318
