https://xcancel.com/zei_squirrel/status/1977911633100865883
For the liberals who think it it doesn’t matter he claims Israeli captives are being tortured while not even mentioning the same for the Palestinians in extermination camps: your medicare won’t matter to him either. Stop torturing billionaires.
Palestine is the ultimate litmus test.
I can’t help but wonder whether this guy has just been a cynical liar from the start, if all the Democratic operatives running his general election campaign are just exceptionally good at performing rapid brainworm installations, or if the CIA simply took him into a room and explained what they’d do to him and his family if he doesn’t toe the line.
That last one is particularly scary because I had the same thought when Bernie actually somehow got worse on Palestine than he was during his 2020 campaign. That was despite him having no intention of running for president again and also having the safest senate seat in this country. What was he afraid of?
Like maybe every left leaning politician in this country receives credible death threats from the CIA as par for the course on certain matters of foreign policy.
It’s the whole Jstreet and AIPAC lobby telling their minions to convince Zohran that Israel isn’t all that bad and that he needs to speak up for both sides etc.
Since Zohran wants power he will gladly do some mental gymnastics to accept whatever excuse he is given, do a little both-sidesing and call it a day.
if he was cynical from the get go when he ran for state assembly he really fucking committed to the bit. Either way he’s garbage now but i still probably prefer this to the non-performative dems we’ve been having.
Liar yes, cynical no. I did get the vibe that he thought he genuinely could improve lives but like most socdems „negotiated“ (lied to himself) his radicalism away. Tone down his message to appeal to a wider audience, pipeline to the left.
In the end is not the american left just another set of customers awaiting for a product to be catered to their desires? Not angry at a system but dissatisfied at the lack of diverse options in their favorite mall?