Will single issue voters (Israel) doom us in 2028? [View all]
While shoveling snow yesterday, I was listening to the Pod Save America interview with Josh Shapiro. I've heard a lot of positive buzz about this guy, so I expected a fair amount of positive comments. Reading through them through, they were overwhelmingly negative, with most refering to Israel in one form or another. Some others declared him to be an unacceptable "corporate" Democrat.
For a long time, I remember Democrats being frustrated by voters who would vote against their own interests, and instead focus on a single issue like abortion or guns ("what's the matter with Kansas?" ).
But it seems like we might be developing a similar problem on our side, in relation to Israel. It's fairly clear that is at least part of the reason we ended up with Trump 2.0.
Link to the interview:
Sample of comments:
If it were to somehow end up being Shapiro vs Tucker Carlson as the candidates and Tucker is able to credibly stake out the anti-Israel position, Democrats will (rightfully) lose in an epic landslide
If Democrats push this guy or Newsom (another centrist Zionist-bought, pro-oligarchs NPC) I'm staying home. I'm done with the "harm reduction narrative". I held my nose in 2016, 2020, 2024 and votedd anyways... AND THEY STILL LOST, TWICE!!. No more, I'm done.
If Tucker Carlson wins the Republican Primary - which I find likely at this point - and he opposes funding Israel and the Democrats nominate someone who will not stop funding Israel, I will vote for a Republican for President for the first time in my 51 years. I have faith in my fellow Democrats not to be so daft as to nominate someone who will not stop funding Israel. I hope my faith proves justified.
Maybe some of these are trolls or Russian bots, but there's an awful lot of it.