Which is worse: the enemy standing in front of you, or the enemy standing behind you?
When I say that progressives won’t vote for right-wing Dems, I am not making a statement about what people should do. I’m making a statement about what people will do.
Especially in places like Alabama, poor and Black people are not going to eternally continue to put their safety at risk just in order to elect treacherous scum.
If you want people to vote for your party, offer them a candidate worth voting for. It isn’t a complicated concept.