Thread by @1971genx

I am going to close tonight with this: I am not a party loyalist. I am not a candidate loyalist. I am a values loyalist. The reason I was so deeply engaged in the Buttigieg campaign was because it not only was so closely aligned to my values it actually lived & breathed them
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You may have heard me say that I believe that our problems aren't with our politicians and their staff compromising it is with US compromising. We allow our politicians to behave badly by continue to validate that behavior with our votes.
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We dismiss their behavior as "just politics" while at the same time being angry and frustrated at what is going on in Washington, what our country has become, and stew in the distrust we have for the very officials we elect.
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So stop. At every single stage of the political process demand better from our politicians. Even our best ones, even the ones we like. And stop voting for the crappy ones. Democracy is work. We have to work at this.
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So, to be clear, I had already voted for Pete before he suspended his campaign. I WILL vote Democrat in the general for anyone but Bernie (that is another thread for another day) AND
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I think Biden is a good and kind man but he does not get my dollars and time until he demonstrates he will build a campaign, from his staff to his communications to his policy, that demonstrate the respect and unity that he says he wants to deliver for this nation.
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Biden is the best option we have right now, absolutely. But if we truly believe in the values of inclusion and belonging we will make space for #TeamPete to have a wide range of opinions on where they fall post-Pete.
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Find your lane and be filled with joy my friends. We all want the world to be a better place - let's do it.
#TeamPeteForever
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