You're going to need people like me in 2020 [View all]

[realmirage]

I like the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. I think what Sanders proved is that a lot of other people do too. Did you see his support in places like West Virginia? That guy can pull votes from an array of groups.

If you have young people in your family, ask them about Sanders and the progressive movement. You want to say now that young people don’t vote in the numbers older people do, right? Here’s something that you should give a good hard look -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/20/more-young-people-voted-for-bernie-sanders-than-trump-and-clinton-combined-by-a-lot/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fa5cd9c89dde

Now ask yourself, how would you win without that percentage that DOES vote? What if it went down by half? What if they turn away from our Party and do something stupid like vote Green Party because we don’t make room for Sanders and the progressive movement in our big tent?

United we stand, remember?

Sanders still has an ENORMOUS support base. You have to admit reality, that Sanders has a very good chance at winning the nomination in 2020. But if he doesn’t, we are going to need his supporters.

And no, the DNC rules do NOT prevent Sanders from getting the nomination. That Newsweek article debunked itself with a screenshot of the rules that do NOT say you need to be a registered Democrat to get it.

It will be beyond sad if we go limping into the general election in 2020 because we can’t tell friend from foe. Yes, the past is painful, but I want to win. And if it means I have to put aside my feelings about the past so that there can be hope for tomorrow, then I am mature enough to do the hard adult stuff and support ALL the people in our big tent so that we can defeat this cancerous movement on the right that threatens everything, including democracy itself.