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“They really did screw Bernie”: Here's what 2016 can teach Democrats today
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The "cheating" (prove that shit, by the way) wouldn't amount to diddly fuck if goddamn progressives and leftists actually goddamn voted in the fuckin primaries.
Your attitude makes the whole viewpoint you espouse, look puerile and foolish. Not only are you not converting anyone, you are actively driving people from your cause. Which I can only assume now is your goal.
After 2016, the DNC got sued and stated in court that they are a private entity that does not have to abide by their primary results, that their primaries are just for show. It's part of the public record.
There is plenty of other information for you to find on the 2016 DMC shenanigans leading up to that court case, but you come of as terribly disingenuous. So this pointer in the right direction is all the labor you'll get from me.
Hey, vote in the fucking primaries or shut the fuck up. Tell me specifically how telling people to fucking vote since it's the bare fuckin minimum political engagement is actually trying not to get people to vote. You got some fuckin republican logic here. Vote in the fuckin primaries. If you didn't vote in the fuckin primaries then you are part of the problem. Once fuckin again my position consists of VOTE IN THE FUCKING PRIMARIES. Fuck the rest of your bullshit.
Lol "fucking show me fucking proof" "argh! Fuck! fuck your fucking proof motherfucker!"
Waking up into the hell where you don't have power in the bureaucracy you were taught was why America made so many people suffer, is hard. I understand why you don't wanna wanna wanna!🫂
Prove they vote in primaries once you learn reading comprehension.
Got so mad you losted yo wors!