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Jul 7 • 11 tweets • 3 min read

THREAD: I'm worried that what happened in 2016 is going to happen again. For anyone who forgot, people pushed so hard for Bernie AND against HRC that when their candidate didn't win the primary, they were all so full of hate for HRC that they didn't vote, or voted 3rd party. 1/

And Russia, who is STILL interfering in our elections, exploited that hatred of HRC and sowed doubt and chaos to such an extent that it impacted our elections. Foreign bad actors piggybacked on US hatred for HRC and led voters to stay home. 2/

They even hacked the DNC and DCCC and released emails to harm HRC and promote Bernie. I'm not saying Bernie was *IN* on it, but they exploited that division and it WORKED. That, in concert with Jim Comey taking it upon himself to announce a probe 11 days before the election... 3/

That fucked us and we ended up with Trump, who appointed three SCOTUS justices and got us to where we are now. Let me be clear. I am ALL FOR backing your horse in the primary and working to constructively push dems left. 4/

I am FOR free healthcare and college. I am FOR expanding the court to 13 justices. I am FOR banning assault weapons. I am FOR codifying Roe and Voting rights and eliminating the filibuster. I am FOR cancelling all student debt. 5/

What I am NOT for is HELPING the GOP win by pushing SO MUCH HATE for dem candidates that when they win their primaries, people have become convinced that both parties are the same and folks should "send a message" by not voting. 6/

Russia was pushing #DemExit and #BernieOrBust in 2016 and "the message" that was sent was that donald won. So can we please make sure if our primary candidates don't win, that we back the dem that does? The alternative is autocracy, and no "message" will be sent. 7/

And I know I'll get dragged for this thread by the hard left. I'll receive rape and death threats. Maybe I'll be "klipped" again. There'll be a host of misogyny and hate heaped on me in the replies and in my DMs. But I can take it. I've survived worse. 8/

But I can't sit quietly by and watch what happened in 2016 happen all over again. I will PUSH dem leaders to do more because they can. But in 2016, risking attacks and threats, I stepped into the booth and pulled the lever for HRC because it was the right thing to do. 9/

I didn't help the GOP then & I won't now. I will fight for my candidate, but I WILL elect democrats if I don't get my way. The alternative is the end of democracy, and if you think that's a good thing, we won't just lose our seat at the table, we lose the whole damn table. END/

UPDATE: this morning, under pressure, Biden signed an EO to help protect abortion access and contraception. Dems can be pressured to act. If the GOP takes congress, they can’t be pressured to do shit. This isn’t rocket science. VOTE.

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