Phatguysrule
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Agreed. I took it the same way and also voted for Sanders. I knew Oregon would go for Hillary and thought Trump was just bloviating. I didn't realize he'd be as effective at ripping down guardrails.I haven't found myself agreeing with Cenk much in recent years, but I thought he had the stronger arguments and better presentations here. Destiny seemed to be all flustered and just came off as a guy supporting an approach that's been a pretty consistent loser.
It's interesting, too, that the Democratic establishment made Cenk look like he was turning right when he and Musk tweeted at each other, but here Cenk presents it as basically taking a shot at MAGA in doing it, and then he got a chance to make a point at the Democrats' problems when Musk actually engaged him.
I'll say this, too, Cenk's hitting on something that resonates with me because I had Clinton supporters in 2016 that told me I needed to get behind her when Bernie stopped his run and I said they needed to incorporate some of Bernie's more popular ideas into her campaign. I was in no uncertain terms told to shut up and back her, so I voted for Sanders. If you want to say it was people like me that allowed Trump to win that election, fine, but I think that ignores the fact that we didn't know how bad Trump would be at the time and Clinton's campaign was pompous to think it earned my vote by not giving me anything I wanted and saying I have to vote for her. She was completely tone deaf.
So I voted Bernie. And I don't blame you for doing so. That run cost the Dems a ton of support, IMO. He was the better candidate and did nearly as well as Hilary (and Joe) while fighting against the tide of both the Dems and Republicans, and all the media. I just wish he would have been a couple decades younger.