Thread by @LeftwardSwing

Ok I'm going to address this divide some people are preaching with this whole "either or situation" when it comes to Nina & the M4A march. I'll be muting it afterwards because I'm not interested in arguing.

First off it's possible to support Nina & the march as I do.

Now that said let's think about things seriously.

Nina is running a campaign against a toxic centrist who has the backing of Hillary herself. She takes money from Republicans & big Trump donors. Her opponent is desperate & has the establishment backing her. This is war.

And like it or not here's reality - There's 2 choices in this primary. Nina or Shontel. One will vote for M4A, GND, & ending war. The other will not. That's the bottom line. Do you want to give centrists more power or do you want the things you support?

Because first & foremost is actually electing people who will bring about the policies we need to uplift the poor & working class. That's the basic foundation. There is NO other path forward if you can't do that. "But but FTV!" Let's be clear. I support FTV but that's not policy.

That's a procedural matter. And a lot are falsely equating this to not supporting M4A which is false. I personally believe it should have been forced on the floor but let's not go off the deep end with bullshit. Procedure =/= policy.

Now let's get down to it & some of you are going to flip out in my mentions after what I have to say but I firmly believe what I'm saying is absolutely correct.

Let's address "Nina didn't endorse the marches!" She couldn't. And a lot aren't getting or understanding this at all.

I don't speak for Nina, but I think I have a pretty good idea on all of this. It's not that she didn't want to but simply couldn't due to some of the speakers at a select few M4A marches. Y'all need to +think+ here. Nina is literally running for office.

What did I say about her opponent above with being toxic & smearing Nina as much as possible? In fact her opponent released a new ad today smearing Nina. Now what do you all think would happen had Nina attended a march & endorsed it? Hm? Given a few problematic speakers?

I'll tell you what.
That new ad which was just released smearing Shontel would be nothing but "Nina Turner supports Nazi's and antivaxers during Covid!" This would effectively completely end her campaign & her political future entirely. She'd be dunzo for good forever.

What I'm wondering is why nobody else has seemingly figured this out yet. We're talking about the same tactics being used from Hillary's & Clyburn's camp they used against Bernie when they wanted to release pics of him in a bathing suit.

Have some of you become so numb you've forgotten how ugly & disgusting centrists are? The same people who conspired against Bernie wanting to release fake sexual harassment charges against him are supporting Nina's opponent.

And you don't think for a second they'd seize the opportunity to paint Nina having an association with Nazi's & antivaxers? Folks, I wasn't born last night & I've been around long enough to know centrists will do anything. Remember the donut 🍩 thing they did to Nina?

Some of you have become so cynical & poisoned that you think Nina is our enemy.
From me to you, kindly removed your head from being inserted up your poor chute.
You fight from ALL avenues possible for M4A. We're capable of walking & chewing gum.

So there. I said it. And I'll say this - these marches are going to grow much larger. Much, much, larger. And it's a beautiful thing. And so is Nina running for Congress.
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