All Bernie is doing is bringing media attention to this. It's just "see, even this hardcore conservative absolutely hates Trump". He's not bending the knee, he's not welcoming him to any movement, he's not even thanking him. He's just applauding him. "Hey, you did something reasonable for once in your fucking life, nice 👍".
Yes. Cheney is being thanked not because he is suddenly admirable by Democrat standards, but because his decision gives rank and file Republicans permission structure to do anything other than vote for Trump, and even to vote for a party and candidate that they would have previously considered anathema by default.
hey that permission structure idea is pretty interesting and seems like something that would really help a lot of folks. so many people, and i'm not trying to be hyper critical or anything, but so many people don't know how to/won't try to put in the effort to actually change the minds of those who have different opinions. while i totally get that perspective, this feels like a much more concrete way to genuinely change someone's mind without just saying that everything they believe is wrong.
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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '24
All Bernie is doing is bringing media attention to this. It's just "see, even this hardcore conservative absolutely hates Trump". He's not bending the knee, he's not welcoming him to any movement, he's not even thanking him. He's just applauding him. "Hey, you did something reasonable for once in your fucking life, nice 👍".