I get the harm reduction argument against Trump, who is a loathsome & dangerous president. But what leverage do we have once Biden is in office? He's done nothing to appeal to the Left. I'm not usually for 3rd party but is that the threat we need to use if/once Biden wins?...

note, I'm not talking about 3rd party for 2020. I'm talking about it for 2024. If we have nowhere to go, what leverage do we have? Not voting? That's what @Lawrence O'Donnell suggests is required, though I'm sure he doesn't endorse doing that when he says:

"If you don't show them you're capable of not voting for them they don't have to listen to you. I promise you that. I worked within the Democratic Party. I didn't listen or have to listen to anything bc the Left had nowhere else to go." The problem is we haven't had a...

compelling candidate run third party. It would require an AOC type of figure, I think. Something else we need to do is build a labor movement that is powerful and isn't a firewall for the Democratic Party. But that will take a while. So it seems like this is the fastest way to...

have any leverage.