Even small gatherings at this point in the pandemic can exponentially explode the death count. If the Democratic Party insists on pushing forward with in-person elections in contravention of CDC guidelines, Sanders should step into the leadership vacuum and suspend his campaign
The best approach would be to postpone the primaries and move to a vote-by-mail system. But potentially millions of people are scheduled to go to the polls tomorrow and there's no plan in place for mail. That leaves only drastic options available. medium.com/@kevin_33184/o…
People rightly pounced on this Biden post as dangerous misinformation. But that criticism has implications. If voting in person isn't safe we should not be encouraging it. Biden should show leadership here but I don't expect that, so it's up to Sanders
Even more homicidally pointless is the GOP holding its uncontested primaries tomorrow. Cancel those, we know who will win.
(Jokes about your political opponents dying of infectious disease are funny and all, but they miss the "infectious" part of that.)
(Jokes about your political opponents dying of infectious disease are funny and all, but they miss the "infectious" part of that.)
Another option would be for Sanders to boycott the elections tomorrow. Urge all of his voters to stay home to protest the party putting people's lives in danger.
But with a little hand sanitizer elections should be fine...
Of course it should be, but this is an urgent crisis and that’s not who Biden is
And yes, I will gladly sacrifice my mentions for your lives. Not a hard call.
When we’re in an apocalyptic hellscape, people will remember his leadership and in an uncertain environment he could be called on to lead again (particularly if others who haven’t taken this seriously contract it themselves)
Biden, 77, said last night that he didn’t have any of the risk factors @DanaBashCNN read out, even though she included 70+. He’s in denial, and contributing to mass denial.
Florida, Arizona, and Illinois should be pressured to follow suit
And now Ohio is back on because a judge says it’s a bad precedent.
