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If only Bernie Sanders had won the nomination in 2016
(thehill.com)
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The corporate Dems are probably more to blame for the current round of fascists in office than even the MAGA republicans. MAGA was always there in one way or another, but it took Dems actively subverting the candidate that could beat them handily to put them in power.
An important point to remember is that Democratic Party members (actual members, not chumps like you and me) knew Hilary would lose.
That didn’t matter.
They wanted her to get the nomination anyway, because she’s at the top of the Democratic Party pyramid. If she won, great. Handjobs and cabinets positions all around.
And if she didn’t win, she’s still out of the top spot. Everyone still moves up within the pyramid.
Though I think the corpo dems are evil and definitely know what they're doing, I really can't agree that they're more at fault than the people actually doing the outright fascism. If the Rs actually kept to their original stances on Trump where most of them openly admitted he was going to ruin our country we would be in a different position too. Also, let's not act like the R voters are innocent little babies or anything. They knew a lot of terrible things were going to happen and they didn't care. I personally brought up gay rights and abortion issues to a more socially liberal R and they flat out said they think the most important thing is "getting rid of fraud" (because they think their taxes are too high). If you're willing to sacrifice rights of others because of imaginary (or real) fraud, you deserve whatever happens.
Will never forgive Hillary Clinton and Donna Brazile for this.