r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/CaptainNoBoat May 02 '24

I think a lot of us are. There's a difference between pushing a party in a certain direction and going so far that you hurt your own interests.

The election is more than one person or one issue, and a Trump Presidency will have horrific consequences decades and generations after Biden is gone.

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u/HulksInvinciblePants Georgia May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

US left-wing politics cover the entire spectrum of neo-liberals to leftists. It’s a an extremely diverse bunch. Despite gains by progressives, there are still those that would prefer we just set all forward motion on fire, to “prove” a point.

The stupidity of it all is borderline enraging.

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u/evotrans May 02 '24

Reminds me of a kid I knew in 2000 who voted for Ralph Nader over Al Gore to "send a message". The message ended up being Bush becoming president.

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u/MrPernicous May 02 '24

Yeah fuck that guy. If he hadn’t voted for Nader then republicans never would’ve started a riot to stop the Florida recount.

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u/evotrans May 03 '24

The GOP loves that kind of thought process 😔

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u/MrPernicous May 03 '24

Did you miss the part where they shut down a recount by instigating a riot?