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This is clearly directed at the ones that didnt.
Diminishing returns.
Complaining that 12% of a sub-group of a sub-group of a population didn't vote the way you wanted is worrying about open portholes on the Titanic.
You are never going to get 100% agreement on... basically anything. 88% of group X voting the way you want is literally more people agreeing with you than Dentists agreeing toothpaste is important. (4 out of 5 dentists recommend = 80%)
Over 80% of the 12% of Bernie voters that went to Trump were conservatives or centrists, not leftists. The leftists voted for Hillary, Bernie was just more likeable across the board.
What's even more hypocritical is that they will turn right around and say that we need centrist candidates to get right wing voters. If that were actually true, wouldn't that mean that even more Hillary supporters wouldn't have voted for Bernie if he won the nomination? They want to have it both ways.
Bernie was the better candidate for the general. The 2016 election was bungled in the primary, not the general, and the argument they are making tacitly admits it.
Yep, it's just massaging of words because for liberals, they get to vote for exactly what they want.
You're getting down voted for maybe not being the most tactful but I appreciate you calling it out. I sat out in 2016. I haven't missed a vote since. I hope others recognize their mistake and pull their weight.
It is what it is, its not a mistake if you learn from it. Just made this meme as a response to that dumb ass barney meme someone posted earlier.