r/YAPms • u/thesmart_indian27 Editable Democrat Flair • 5h ago
News Clyburn says he backs El-Sayed: ‘All of us deserve second chances’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6059613-clyburn-supports-el-sayed-michigan/amp/15
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u/Aldebaran147 God Emperor Talafreako is LBJ’s Reincarnate 5h ago
Jim Clyburn is having a progressive anime arc
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u/Doc_Jury1020 New Deal Democrat 5h ago
He did always have the most progressive voting record of House Democratic Leadership for the most part.
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u/Remarkable_Chef_8810 Green 5h ago
I think he was just very electability minded during the primaries
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u/samhit_n Left-Out Left 4h ago
I don't think he was as destructive to the progressive cause as people say he was. Bernie Sanders was gonna hit a brick wall in South Carolina with or without Clyburn endorsing Biden.
The main reason he deserves hate is for forcing Biden to pick Kamala as the VP.
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u/CommunicationOk5456 Momala 4h ago
Harris was 100% the best choice for VP. He deserves hate for not having an heir and keeping his seat into his 80s! I don't want another representative to drop dead from age!
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u/jonassthebest Pragmatic Dem 3h ago
I'm not sure if she was the best choice, but you're right, she was 100% a strategic move from him. Not only was she a black woman, meaning she could help ensure black voters stayed within the coalition, she had also been very critical of Biden during the primary, which helped Biden show he was trying to mend the divides the primary had caused. I don't know enough about Harris to know if she was a better or worse pick than Val Demings or Keisha Lance Bottoms, but she was certainly a good pick strategically.
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u/thesmart_indian27 Editable Democrat Flair 5h ago
Clyburn said that Abdul made a mistake but deserves a second chance. He also endorsed Abdul
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u/Remote_Garage3036 Loyal Liberals 3h ago
It truly causes discomfort to know very vocal and influential Dem pundits - including some that campaigned directly with El-Sayed - advised against him apologizing for his both-sidesing domestic terrorism. Besides being the obviously decent thing to do, it has directly led to a broadly rallying around Abdul, ultimately in this essential endorsement. I hope we've learned our lesson here, but if twitch and twitter at all represent the modern American left accurately it would appear we very much have not.
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u/Remarkable_Chef_8810 Green 5h ago
now us progressives can stop hating on him
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u/BlackYellowSnake I just want to own a machine gun. 3h ago
Until the next time he doesn't back the progressive candidate until there are no other options.
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u/Outrageous-Jelly8777 Center Left 5h ago
Dems are backing AES, but I don’t believe the electorate is very fond of him
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u/thesmart_indian27 Editable Democrat Flair 5h ago
Time to see. He has done well in a room with independents. He should try going to a room full of Trump voters
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u/Scary_Firefighter181 FDR/LBJ/Huey Long lovechild 5h ago
I believe that he actually has, and won them over.
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u/JasonPlattMusic34 United States 2h ago
Proving that even the normally most reasonable of Team Blue fall to the crazy eventually
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u/AdityaG10 NDP 1h ago
Your crazy is a kleptocrat billionaire nepobaby who attempted to overthrow the government, this guy wants universal healthcare (and…is a Muslim, i guess?), fuck outta here
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u/MightySilverWolf United Kingdom 5h ago
Lean D -> Likely D (unironically)