A thread...
Joe Biden may not be your first choice. Bernie may not be your first choice. Regardless of who is the eventual Dem nominee and regardless of how disappointed you may be — please remember:
1. You're not just voting for President
Joe Biden may not be your first choice. Bernie may not be your first choice. Regardless of who is the eventual Dem nominee and regardless of how disappointed you may be — please remember:
1. You're not just voting for President
2. You're voting for who replaces RBG on the Supreme Court.
3. You're voting for the next Secretary of Education.
4. You're voting for federal judges.
5. You're voting for the rule of law.
6. You're voting for saving national parks.
3. You're voting for the next Secretary of Education.
4. You're voting for federal judges.
5. You're voting for the rule of law.
6. You're voting for saving national parks.
7. You're voting for letting kids out of cages.
8. You're voting for clean air and clean water.
9. You're voting for scientists to be allowed to speak about climate change and for rebuilding the CDC.
10. You're voting for what a President says and does on Twitter.
8. You're voting for clean air and clean water.
9. You're voting for scientists to be allowed to speak about climate change and for rebuilding the CDC.
10. You're voting for what a President says and does on Twitter.
11. You're voting for housing rights.
12. You're voting for LGBTQ people to be treated with dignity.
13. You're voting for non-Christians to be able to adopt and to feel like full citizens.
14. You're voting for Dreamers.
12. You're voting for LGBTQ people to be treated with dignity.
13. You're voting for non-Christians to be able to adopt and to feel like full citizens.
14. You're voting for Dreamers.
15. You're voting so that there will be Social Security and Medicare when you retire.
16. You're voting for veterans to get the care they deserve.
17. You're voting for rural hospitals.
18. You're voting so that someone else can have health insurance.
16. You're voting for veterans to get the care they deserve.
17. You're voting for rural hospitals.
18. You're voting so that someone else can have health insurance.
19. You're voting for the preservation of PBS.
20. You're voting to have a President who doesn't embarrass this country every time she or he attends an international meeting.
21. And you're voting against allowing the USA to become yet another authoritarian regime
20. You're voting to have a President who doesn't embarrass this country every time she or he attends an international meeting.
21. And you're voting against allowing the USA to become yet another authoritarian regime
22. You're voting for sensible gun laws.
23. You're voting for women to have autonomy over their bodies.
24. You're voting for rebuilding relationships with long-time allies and rebuking dictators and autocrats around the globe.
23. You're voting for women to have autonomy over their bodies.
24. You're voting for rebuilding relationships with long-time allies and rebuking dictators and autocrats around the globe.
25. You're voting for the separation of powers and checks and balances.
26. You're voting for a kinder world and better future for our children and future generations to come.
27. You're voting to restore a sense of decency and professionalism to the Presidency.
26. You're voting for a kinder world and better future for our children and future generations to come.
27. You're voting to restore a sense of decency and professionalism to the Presidency.
Your first AND second choices may have dropped out. Your third might. But the nominee, no matter who she or he is, won't be perfect. They won't pass your purity test. And yet every single one of them will be better than four more years under the current administration.
That's it. That's the tweet.
