Bernie: “What if we ran a campaign trying to alienate as many reliable Democratic voters as possible?” Biden: “What if we ran a campaign trying to alienate as many young and progressive voters as possible?”
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That’s the gist of the larger conversation, but good luck explaining a clipped video where he chose to punch down on the struggles young people are facing right now:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/millennials-are-screwed-recession/596728/ …
I can't figure out how to refer to a tweet here, but I think the thread by @mattyglesias from 12:11 PM (Central Time, I guess) today stated the big issues very well.
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There’s a fundamental cognitive dissonance in play when the argument boils down to “we face such an existential threat that you must vote for the candidate who says things aren’t so bad right now.”
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OK, you got me. I totally disagree with Biden that Trump is *the problem*, and that once you get rid of him, Republicans will be willing to work with Biden. They won't. Their party is broken. That's why the candidates who argued the need for structural change were my top choices.
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