Justin Ward
1 min readMar 8, 2020

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Voting for the lesser of two evils is how we got Trump in the first place. It’s this sort of political logic that has the Democratic leadership thinking that if they prop Joe Biden up just long enough to get the nomination, enough people will be driven to the polls by the greater evil of Trump to put him into office.

They made that same bet with Clinton and lost. You can talk about the importance of voting all you want, but the fact of the matter is that unless you give people something to vote for, they won’t turn out.

If he gets the nomination, Joe Biden will lose. Period. There’s nothing I and my worthless Washington State vote can do about that outcome. There’s nothing you or anyone else trying to shame me can do about that outcome.

The best thing anyone can do right now is ensure Bernie wins the nomination and I’m doing that. I’m canvassing and donating money and making the case as loudly as I can.

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Justin Ward
Justin Ward

Written by Justin Ward

Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD

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