Paine
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This story exists because progressive leaders are worried about the support for Kamala Harris at the grassroots progressive level. If you’re implying that progressive leaders aren’t supporting Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House, I’d like to know who specifically you’re referring to.I'm pretty sure it's not liberals who are putting out warnings from progressives saying that progressives might not support Kamala.
If progressives want liberals to take them seriously, then share your concerns in private and publicly do everything you can to support Kamala's election bid.
But you can't be threatening the Democratic POTUS campaign less than 2 weeks before the election and then be bitter when those threats are taken seriously. Why should liberals take you seriously as a minority group among left-of-center voters when you can't even do everything you can get left-of-center candidates elected?
If Trump and the dangers he represents to the country, much less progressive ideals, aren't enough to get progressives on board for a mere liberal candidate, then I have no idea why liberals shouldn't blame progressives for the repercussions of progressives making perfect the enemy of good.
Rashida Tlaib is the only person I can even think of who hasn’t endorsed Harris, and she has very personal ties to the slaughter taking place in Gaza, so I don’t fault her for that.
Just like liberal politicians don’t completely control the liberal vote, progressive leaning voters are going to make their own decisions regardless of what leaders in the progressive space say. It’s not a threat for progressive leaders to be flashing the red warning sign about support for Harris among their base.
Too many liberals on this board get their latest info on what’s happening in progressivism by listening to MSNBC or Pod Save America.