Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War.
With 95% of the expected vote tabulated, 70.5% of voters backed Biden while 19.0% went uncommitted, according to a tabulation by The Associated Press.
In Minnesota, more than 45,000 marked themselves “uncommitted” — a number greater than the margin by which Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the state in 2016.
With effort, a protest vote might help get Donald Trump elected. Donald Trump literally stated that Israel should finish the job.
A primary protest vote won’t help him get elected, no.
Depends on how many of those protest voters during the primary decide to stay home on election day.
Anyone willing to turn out for a protest vote in a primary is unlikely to be someone who sits out a general.
This. I’m a trans Minnesotan, originally from Florida, who voted uncommitted yesterday. I know what’s at stake. I’ve voted in every general election I’ve been able to, and I’m voting for Biden in November.
Hopefully, your assumption is laser accurate.
A protest vote in the democratic primary will not elect trump. Biden is still getting the nomination. This is a vote to show him that a large segment of his base does not like what he’s doing.
And it’s not just Palestine, though that is a HUGE part of it. He has not been a good president. He was the better choice in 2020, and he said he planned on being a 1 term president. He went back on that promise like he has on many others.
But having a Biden Trump rematch is absolutely ludicrous for this nation, and both parties need to get their heads out of their capitalistic owners assholes.
Every single person that you manage to convince to protest vote during the primary, will be more likely to stay home on election day. That’s good for team Trump, and they’d be in favor of anything and everything that makes Biden look weak, or anything that discourages getting the vote out.
This is shitty, leaves no room for nuance, but is reality nonetheless.
Joe Biden has pledged his unconditional support for israel and is currently proving it. What exactly is your point?
“Gotta finish the Problem”. That’s the words of the guy Gunning for the guy you’re hoping gets punished.
My exact point is that “gotta finish the problem” is objectively worse.
Oof that sounds uncomfortably close to a “final solution”.
That’s because Donald Trump is talking about a final solution.
Exactly, we need to do whatever we can to keep this monster out of power. The primary is fine for protest votes, but anyone who doesn’t show up for Biden in November is complicit.
I’m north of the border. It is fucking terrifying to see gleeful support for Donald Trump.
His rabid supporters don’t understand that their Republican ancestors literally crossed the Atlantic Ocean to apply boots to the ass of Adolph Hitler, who was the Donald Trump of that Era.
As a fellow Canuck I keep wondering if we’re gonna need the Bug’s meme to become rl after Nov. :/
JOE BIDEN IS LETTING ISRAEL “FINISH THE PROBLEM” TOO.
How about stopping the problem
I’m going to get very literal here. No on stopping the “problem”. Donald Trump is saying that the Palestinians are the “problem” that Israel should finish.
You probably mean that the IDF should cease fire immediately, and stop obstructing aid. Yes.
I am interpreting the word “Problem” as “Genocide”. How do we get the IDF to stop committing “Problem” instead of finishing the “Problem”?
By making Biden put pressure on them
Pressure is good. Threatening to have him replaced with someone who is objectively worse, is not.
So why isn’t Biden putting pressure on israel?
Tell them to stop committing Genocide or he withholds weapons.
Or loan guarantees.
SANCTIONS
Biden isn’t doing anything. It’s all empty words about “be careful for civilians” for the last three months while he tries to send israel 15 Billion in weapons to do the Genocide with.
And the only reason we don’t have more Genocide is because the Republicans want to screw over Ukraine so badly that they are blocking the Genocide package for israel.
You need to read news from more sources than here if you do not see the Biden administration’s position changing and being affected by thess protest votes.
I like to believe you put on a little hat when you argue on the internet. Do you have a special little hat you wear when you do this?
They give those funny hats to people who support israel online
I didn’t get one.