Jessica Ramer
Nov 6, 2020

Caitlin Johnstone

Thank you for this. As a lifelong Democrat, I feel betrayed by the party I have been supporting since I first registered as a Democrat in high school, in particular by:

1. The failure to adequately challenge the Iraq war

2. The DNC skewing the primaries against Sanders

3. Nominating uber-hawk Clinton

4. Doing something--heaven only knows what--against other candidates in 2020 to get them to withdraw. Does anyone really believe that top-tier candidates just all decided to withdraw BEFORE super Tuesday? Really?

5. The cruel 1994 crime bill.

6. What I suspect was an attempt to silence Tulsi Gabbard.

Since the Democratic party no longer stands for Democratic ideals, who cares whether their candidates win or not?

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Jessica Ramer
Jessica Ramer

Written by Jessica Ramer

I have spent most of my adult life teaching and tutoring algebra but have recently made a late-life career switch and have earned a PhD in English.

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