 Last week after Bernie Sanders dropped out Joe Biden tried to extend an olive branch to Bernie Sanders supporters via Twitter By telling all of us that he sees us he hears us and he knows that he's got to earn your vote So in other words, he Seemed you know, like he knew at least that he had to try to unify the party They'll ask that about a week and now here's what he's saying He is offering anyone this amazing sticker if you choose to send him your hard-earned cash It says I'm a Democrat and proud of it And as you can see it crosses out socialist and plutocrat because you know Socialism and plutocracy these things go hand-in-hand. I guess That's what he's trying to communicate. I don't know Listen, they know exactly what they're doing. They can't feign ignorance. His team knows what they're doing This is a slap in the face to Bernie Sanders and all of his supporters So that appeal to Bernie supporters Lasted about a week and he's already telling you to go fuck yourself This is my question. I genuinely am asking. I'm not trying to be pretentious Or patronizing. I genuinely am asking a question to people who are vote blue no matter who at what point Do we start pressuring Joe Biden and the Biden bros? To try to make even just a little bit of an effort to win over the left At what point do we start putting pressure on Biden because what I've seen from a lot of people on Twitter? Mehdi Hassan others is that if you are even considering not falling in line and supporting Joe Biden You are a terrible terrible human being and you must want Donald Trump to win if you're gonna stay home You're a bad person if you are gonna vote third-party. You're a terrible person So my question to those people who believe that and I get the legitimate fear about Trump getting reelected All of the left does But my question is at what point do you actually direct your focus to Joe Biden? Does he share any responsibility at all even a little bit to try to win over the left at what point does it become the Democratic Party's? responsibility to win over the left because everything that I've seen so far has been That the left should fall in line and we didn't even get like 10 minutes as soon as Bernie Sanders dropped out immediately We were told to fall in line and lick that fucking boot and like it So at what point is that responsibility at all going to be shared with Joe Biden? Like do they share 50% of the responsibility? Hell, do they share? 30% 10% if they have any responsibility to actually win over voters and earn those votes any Responsibility whatsoever. I'm genuinely asking I'm genuinely asking Because time and again the Democratic Party establishment has given voters the middle finger They've told us to go fuck ourselves They said that they don't need us time and again and all of a sudden we share all of the responsibility None of the credit if Joe Biden's elected all of the blame if he loses, but also in terms of just putting in work That's on us. It's not on Joe Biden Do you understand why people are so disillusioned with politics because things like this go on things like this happen frequently? Joe Biden and the Democratic Party establishment and they have all of the power. So why are you directing your rage? To Bernie Sanders supporters, especially when we see things like this like in a reasonable world you would see Joe Biden being universally condemned by you know, Neoliberals Democratic Party loyalists who should theoretically be outraged. That's something like this is happening They should be saying Joe. What are you doing? I support you But this doesn't help us to win anyone over But this just gets ignored and the conversation continues to be how dare you even consider voting third party? Fuck out of here. I've got no time for those types of people who do things like that and if you genuinely believe that there's like Some responsibility that Joe Biden has to earn people's votes. Great. I respect you more than the others but This doesn't help foster unity and to point it out is even Blast for me because at this time in a post primary election year We're not supposed to acknowledge anything. That's wrong with Joe Biden We can't acknowledge the fact that a very credible rape allegation just came up against him We can't acknowledge the fact that his vote for the Iraq war killed hundreds of thousands of people We're supposed to shut the fuck up and be quiet because Trump is worse And if you think that Joe Biden needs to earn your vote, sorry, you're a bad person You're privileged Joe Biden doesn't have to do a goddamn thing to win you over So lick that boot and love it while you're doing it fucking peasants listen I'll give advice to the vote blue no matter who people or who are just I guess making Vote shaming their main job Let me let me just tell you something Trying to guilt Shame and bully people into supporting Joe Biden is going to be a less effective strategy Then picking up that phone and making calls for Joe Biden I promise you that because guess what there's going to be a portion of Bernie Sanders base of support that just won't back Biden That's a fact of reality and no amounts of you know Blaming and shaming is going to change that but what you can change is The group of non-voters who maybe just haven't gotten a call from any Democrat in years Maybe if you canvassed or phone banked at least for now for Joe Biden Maybe you can re-register Enough new voters to make up for the lack of Bernie supporters that are willing to switch over and support Joe Biden That's just something that I think maybe you should do But instead that's not fun that doesn't make you feel as if you have the moral high ground By telling everyone to you know vote for the lesser of two evils you feel as if you know You're genuinely morally superior Okay But don't pretend as if you actually care About Joe Biden beating Donald Trump if you're not actually making calls for him Don't pretend that you actually care about Joe Biden beating Donald Trump if you haven't said a goddamn word about a ranked choice voting because over these past What is it five years the left has been screaming about a ranked choice voting Do you want to know what I did when I had a town hall with my representative? I asked her to co-sponsor HR 3 0 5 7 which is the fair representation act Which would move us nationally to rank choice voting. She told me she would get back to me on this You want to know what happened? She never got back to me. So after we try to make it So, you know spoilage isn't an issue after we try to make the process fair after we try to fight for our candidate Shaming us isn't going to convince anyone what you need to do now is make the case for Joe Biden to people who are non-voters because guess what? The real base who you should be going after are people who don't vote anymore It's not Bernie Sanders base of support It is the people who don't turn out the people who did not come out and support Hillary Clinton in 2016 who just chose to stay home because I think that if a lot of people aren't going to vote for Joe Biden We should still acknowledge that there is value in them supporting Democrats, you know it on down ticket races like I can still support Jeff Merkley my senator who is a Democrat So what you need to do is? Everything in your power to make the case for Joe Biden, and I promise you that shaming People who are not gonna vote for Joe Biden because they just they can't That's not going to help. So if you genuinely think Trump is the worst option. I agree with you Right. I think Trump is the worst option. Does that mean I'm gonna fall in line and support Joe Biden? It does not and you can try to convince me. I'll hear you out. I'm a reasonable person But guess what at the end of the day that is a less valuable way to spend your time Shut up may calls for a Biden period Otherwise, you know Don't be mad when he loses because he's doing things like this. He's spitting in the face of socialists I am not a capitalist. I hate capitalism So, I mean if you truly want to be serious about unifying the party then you should be Condemning this as loudly as you're condemning all of the burning your busters But the fact that so many people aren't doing that it just shows you that this isn't really about defeating Donald Trump to them This is about getting the left to comply to be obedient because that's the thing about our system our institutions They have a way of like forcing people it kind of comes down on you So people feel like they will be rewarded for you know being ostensibly morally superior by Vote shaming people who choose not to support Joe Biden who has been incredibly accused of rape I mean if you genuinely feel that it's worthwhile to get out and support Joe Biden Then you don't make that case to people who already have their minds made up Like it's just a vice if you're not gonna change anyone's minds especially with the things that we've seen happen and you know if you're gonna continue to vote shame people who are burning your Bust then at least condemn this at least be somewhat consistent and acknowledge that a share of the responsibility of defeating Donald Trump Lies with Joe Biden, but we can't even get that from people you know, so um Alright then whatever it is what it is, but we're not gonna take you seriously if you continue to vote shame But not call out things like this