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Pompoy

(277 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:48 AM 4 hrs ago

Joy Reid urges voters to sit out the election if the DNC puts up someone who doesn't share Platner's ideology

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It's getting clearer and clearer that the progressives would rather Republicans keep getting elected, than vote for "moderate" Democrats.
AIPAC seems to be a huge issue for them too.
No wonder Trump is the President and the Republicans have control of the Senate and the House.
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Joy Reid urges voters to sit out the election if the DNC puts up someone who doesn't share Platner's ideology (Original Post) Pompoy 4 hrs ago OP
no fucking way I'm handing the election to Susan Collins eShirl 4 hrs ago #1
Noooooo. the worst 3rd way corporate shill is still better than suzi collins. rampartd 4 hrs ago #2
This is exactly what I fear will happen. That's how we got Trump delivered to us for another round. Voters sat out. Vinca 4 hrs ago #3
How freaking shorr-sighted Cha 4 hrs ago #4
Preemptive quitting advice to Maine seems like a transgression 31j20b3 3 hrs ago #5
Joy...STFU!! agingdem 3 hrs ago #6
Joy is a dipshit. bottomofthehill 3 hrs ago #7
Sure, let's self-destruct midterms over one candidate no longer in the race. Demnation 3 hrs ago #8
She must've lost her mind videohead5 3 hrs ago #9
She has become a bit unhinged lately SocialDemocrat61 1 hr ago #10
No, just no MIButterfly 1 hr ago #11
oh dear. Autumn 1 hr ago #12
Would finding another rapist really help things? Johonny 1 hr ago #13
The replies on YouTube are interesting TVguyCards 1 hr ago #14
Were the people replying on YouTube SocialDemocrat61 1 hr ago #15
What a fucking moron. She is an enemy of the Democratic Party and a direct ally to Trump and fascism. tritsofme 44 min ago #16
SMH Raftergirl 1 min ago #17

rampartd

(5,832 posts)
2. Noooooo. the worst 3rd way corporate shill is still better than suzi collins.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 05:07 AM
4 hrs ago

i'm sorry about platner.

but maybe politics is something you need to get into slowly enough that the worst (and we all have a few little skeletons in their closet.) comes out before millions of people invest their contributions and hopes.

Vinca

(54,631 posts)
3. This is exactly what I fear will happen. That's how we got Trump delivered to us for another round. Voters sat out.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 05:16 AM
4 hrs ago

This is one of the stupidest things Joy has ever suggested. She's not stupid. She should know better. Unless, of course, she's now on the RNC payroll.

Cha

(321,777 posts)
4. How freaking shorr-sighted
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 05:28 AM
4 hrs ago

can you get! Has she learned nothing from PEDO's first and second terms?

31j20b3

(235 posts)
5. Preemptive quitting advice to Maine seems like a transgression
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:03 AM
3 hrs ago

Why not just stay quiet with the unsolicited advice and give the Maine democratic party a chance to select a new candidate?

agingdem

(9,072 posts)
6. Joy...STFU!!
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:07 AM
3 hrs ago

A pathological liar/a rage fueled racist psychopath/a corrupt bribery-taking extortionist/a sexual predator rapist/a convicted felon traitor is sleeping in a chair behind the Resolute Desk because media mouthpieces instructed their audiences to stay home on Election Day..

bottomofthehill

(9,472 posts)
7. Joy is a dipshit.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:12 AM
3 hrs ago

The DNC. Where is the DNC in this at all. There are enough problems in Maine already. Don’t make additional shit up. The Maine Democratic Party is doing the best it can with the burning bag of shit it has been handed. Joy ain’t helping.

videohead5

(3,049 posts)
9. She must've lost her mind
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:29 AM
3 hrs ago

We need to block Trump and need to take back the senate. If Democrats all believed like her you could kiss democracy bye.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,503 posts)
10. She has become a bit unhinged lately
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:40 AM
1 hr ago

not sure if she hit her head or she's just trying to get attention for her podcast.

MIButterfly

(3,652 posts)
11. No, just no
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:43 AM
1 hr ago

This is not the time to sit out the election. In fact, I would argue there's never a time to sit out any election EVER, but especially this one. We are fighting for our lives here. Republicans must be defeated at every level if we are to survive as a country.

Kindly shut your pie hole, Joy Reid.

And for what it's worth, this Progressive most definitely would NOT rather Republicans keep getting elected than vote for a "moderate" Democrat. I haven't missed an election since I first voted in 1972 and I have always voted for the Democratic candidate in every general election. Please don't paint us all with the same brush.

TVguyCards

(136 posts)
14. The replies on YouTube are interesting
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:13 AM
1 hr ago

Most, from what I can gather, are saying Maine voters voted for the platform and policies of Graham Platner. Replacing him with a centrist moderate is not what voters in the state want. I think that's rather Captain Obvious stuff but it's also very valid. I think he'll likely be replaced by someone who is very close in policy.

tritsofme

(19,959 posts)
16. What a fucking moron. She is an enemy of the Democratic Party and a direct ally to Trump and fascism.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:48 AM
44 min ago
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