Biden won with a lot of progressives, a lot of moderate liberals, and a handful of moderate conservatives, so that's what his administration has to look like.
"I voted for Biden, therefore I demand his administration look ideologically identical to me" is how a child thinks.
"I voted for Biden, therefore I demand his administration look ideologically identical to me" is how a child thinks.
This goes for everyone on all sides of the ideological spectrum who ends up whining once they see that Biden's cabinet is ideologically diverse, instead of just being one thing. Biden has a responsibility to keep his entire coalition together. It's literally how governing works.
If Biden doesn't spend the next four years working to keep his entire coalition together, it'll open the door for the republicans to elect a Trump clone in 2024, and then our nation will die.
Biden is much further to the left than progressives give him credit for. Most of his moves will be distinctly left-leaning. But he's not governing in a vacuum. There will be compromise. If you want Biden to go 100% far-left even though it would make him lose in 2024, just go away
You know who WON'T get a seat at Biden's table? Trump goons. That's the important part. Those of us who came together to vote for Biden, now get a voice in Biden's administration. We just don't each get to be the only voice.
It's perfectly fine to petition President Biden to lean more toward your way on any given issue. That's how activism works. But this whole "I'm so disappointed, I can't believe I voted for this guy because he appointed this person" is just infantile whining. Harmful to the cause.
If you've followed me long enough, you know I'm far left on the issues. I just get tired of having to explain to others on the far left that when they whine and pout and sabotage their own side because they're not 100% getting their way, they usually end up losing everything.
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