The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.

  • BeautifulMind ♾️
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    11 year ago

    It means that person does not have the votes to win.

    It means that people who want to vote a certain way are being pressured to vote a different way.

    This in turn means the way the votes went is not a measure of what people want, but rather of what they can be pressured into doing. These are different things, even if it’s convenient to dismiss it as a distinction without a difference.

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        1 year ago

        No I read it, I just thought you missed my point and wanted to clarify

        The subtext of the point I was trying to make was about whether or not your politics leave people feeling understood or respected. NGL I wasn’t feeling either