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Matthew Yglesias
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Something I would love to see one of our left-factionalists at least acknowledge is that on July 13, 2024 *after* Biden shat the bed in a high-stakes debate with Donald Trump while moderates and frontliners were desperately trying to get a new nominee, Bernie stood by him.
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Matthew Yglesias
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Why? Because though Bernie Sanders said in that op-ed that he disagreed with Biden about Gaza, he said it wasn't a make-or-break issue and he *loved* Biden's domestic policy. On August 20 he hailed him as the "most progressive president of the United States since FDR."
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Matthew Yglesias
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But then flash forward to this week and Bernie is endorsing a challenger to Diana DeGette — a Medicare for All cosponsor and Congressional Progressive Caucus member — in a race where Israel is the only real disagreement.
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Matthew Yglesias
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But what is the disagreement on Israel even? DeGette is a liberal Zionist who supports a two-state solution while Kiros is an anti-Zionist. But Bernie's position is the same as DeGette's!
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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
Clearly these tactics of ever-shifting factional lines of battle are working for Bernie, but I think they are working in part because of media coverage that veers between hysteria and intense credulity with very little willingness to just ask what's going on here.
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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
My view of the truth of the matter is that Bernie was right the first time, and the Biden administration was aligned with Bernie's domestic policy views in an unprecedented way and that this was much more politically important than anything related to Gaza — and it was a flop!
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Mark Drajem
@drajem
And in the interviews I saw w Bernie, no one asked him about this disconnect. It is so confusing and infuriating. It's like all the BS about how during COVID all Americans got was a $1,500 check.
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Orange Cat
@madeindefiance
Bernie backed Biden till the end because Harris was to his right and has never cared about working-class issues, ever.
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a sophomore, with reggaeton
@chortlevork
by "democrats abandoned the working class" could he be talking about subbing in harris for biden? idk im just speculating but harris was not great at talking about traditional dem economic policy.
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Jonah Gill
@jmoneygill
The pivot to making all democratic discourse about factionalism over I/P ignores recent history? No way? Really?
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