Thread by @scottsantens

Exactly this. If you don't like someone who supports UBI, and would never vote for them, that's fine. That candidate isn't for you. They are for others who might not like UBI right now, but who may soon like UBI because of that person’s support. As a result, UBI support grows.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1425677603701248001

If Dark Lord McConnell were to suddenly start talking up the Green New Deal, that's good, not bad. I'd never say anyone should vote for him, because he's possibly the worst person to have ever served in Congress, but I'd welcome his pushing for the GOP to support the GND.

There's a difference between saying "vote for this person because they support this" and "it's great how this person supports this." I encourage every Republican out there to support UBI, and to talk about UBI as capitalism and freedom. I want Fox News to push pro-UBI messaging.

We 100% absolutely do not want UBI to go down the same road as mask wearing and vaccines. It cannot be seen as a partisan issue. Our world is totally fucked right now because of how Republicans decided climate science was a partisan issue. We can't let that happen to UBI too.

So again, if you hate Silwa, then don't support him. He isn't for you. He's for Republicans in NYC and around the country who just might finally start thinking about UBI as being a great idea, and just like the CTC check they're now receiving, instead of shouting "communism!"

And also, if you're so worried that Sliwa's support for UBI will win over enough independents to actually win NYC, then you should probably start pushing for Adams to support UBI too in order to avoid that outcome.

If UBI is that popular, then Adams better start pushing for UBI.

While I'm at it, I also just want to say that although I absolutely can't stand Ted Cruz, I support how he supported crypto recently by trying to remove anything about it entirely from the infrastructure bill. That's not an endorsement of Cruz. It's an endorsement of crypto.

We're in a horrifically bad place if the other side can never do anything right because they're on the other side. When that happens, our side can never do anything wrong, because by definition, nothing they ever do can ever be considered wrong.

Down that road lies disaster.