Aaaaaaand Buttigieg just cashed in his identity politics chips to try to get the far left vote.
Bold move, Cotton. Let’s see how it plays out.
Bold move, Cotton. Let’s see how it plays out.
2) Fuck it. Minithread time. I’ll get back to him/his/buttstuff Buttigieg in a bit.
What about Bernie Sanders’ campaign caused Hillary to lose in 2016?
What about Bernie Sanders’ campaign caused Hillary to lose in 2016?
3) Yes, there were a fair portion of crossover votes from Bernie to Trump, but that wasn’t the real kicker.
See, Bernie caused Hillary to lose at the Democrat’s convention. More specifically, his SUPPORTERS did.
See, Bernie caused Hillary to lose at the Democrat’s convention. More specifically, his SUPPORTERS did.
4) See, his supporters threw large protests, and complained loudly at the DNC’s attempts to screen them out and shut them down.
This was on display for the whole of the US to see, and this is when swing voters started to turn away not from Hillary, but from Democrats.
This was on display for the whole of the US to see, and this is when swing voters started to turn away not from Hillary, but from Democrats.
5) The fighting at the DNC opened up holes in the blue wall in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, holes Trump exploited.
6) The fight now isnt Bernie vs Hillary. Its intersectionality. Its identity politics. Who holds the most identity politics cards.
The DNC is doomed because a significant portion of their base will not accept a white person as their candidate. And that portion is LOUD.
The DNC is doomed because a significant portion of their base will not accept a white person as their candidate. And that portion is LOUD.
7) Warren is as close as they can get, though! And Warren? Ohhhhh, the far left identity politics crowd is going to fucking HATE having her as the nominee. The protests will be LOUD and VICIOUS, and they’re going to open up whole new holes in the Dems territory. Michigan anyone?
8) Trump knows this. He PLANNED this. Why do you think he feuded with Warren? Why do you think he’s hitting Biden? Notice, he’s holding off on attacking Warren at the moment. He could annihilate her in an instant, but he hasn’t. He boosted her up so she would run, then held back.
9) Meanwhile, Trump has already stopped any primary challenges dead in their tracks, by filling the GOP superdelegates with his allies. There will not be a serious challenger. Romney? The GOP base doesn’t like losers and they HATE traitors. Romney’s dead in the water and knows it
10) Trump’s not omniscient. I dont think he planned for the Bernie vs Clinton convention fight. But he watched and learned from it, and now he’s going to provoke that same level of fighting in the DNC while preventing it from happening to the GOP.
Strategery, folks.
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Strategery, folks.
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