Sat Jun 17, 2017, 05:45 PM
Star Member louis c (5,337 posts)
James Hodgkinson, the DC Shooter, Has Himself to Blame for Electing Trump
James Hodgkinson was obsessed with his hatred for Donald Trump. He was consumed by it. Yet, he has himself, and others who voted like him, to blame.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am not accusing people who voted like him as being as crazy as him, but he should have been more upset with himself than with others.
You see, James posted on his face book page his support for Jill Stein in the General Election. It is my contention that voters who hate Trump, but left the General Election ballot blank for President, or voted minor party, or wrote in a name, those are the voters responsible for electing Donald Trump President.
Republicans voted for Trump in the General Election because it was the one chance in a generation to control every branch of government. They knew the 9th vote in the Supreme Court would shape this nation for decades. I don't blame them. They voted in their own best interests, even though I disagree with their policies.
No, it was voters like James Hodgkinson who voted against their own best interests who sunk themselves, and us with them. They're to blame.
<snip>•Last year, the Facebook page offered messages of opposition to “Lying, Cheating Hillary” who he says “stole” the Democratic primary from Sen. Bernie Sanders. His Facebook page encouraged followers to either vote for third-party candidate Jill Stein or to write in Sanders in the 2016 election.<snip>.
link:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/14/congressional_baseball_shooter_hated_republicans_has_died_of_injuries.html
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029218463I am sure of this: he didn't vote for Jill Stein and he didn't get a chance to vote for the old sourassed sourpuss, he voted for Hillary. Bank on it.
It was reported that before his Facebook account got scrubbed, he had "liked"
Hillary 2016.
Response to panader0 (Reply #17)Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:34 PM
Star Member louis c (5,337 posts)
39. but people who voted 3rd party, blanks and write ins were, and he was one
He maybe blabbed his fat mouth about Bernie or Stein but when it came time to vote, he went straight ticket democrat--just like every other shitgibbon at democrat underground.
Response to louis c (Original post)Sat Jun 17, 2017, 06:01 PM
HopeAgain (788 posts)
3. Dumbest opinion piece ever...
I voted for Hillary but the continued demonizing of independent voters at its worst...
Stein and Bernie go under the bus--human shields to deflect attention from Hillary and the democrat party.
Response to philly_bob (Reply #7)Sat Jun 17, 2017, 06:52 PM
Star Member Demsrule86 (12,502 posts)
15. I don't consider that guy a progressive...those who voted for Hillary in the election are
progressive...he was a green spoiler.
Yeah, but he did vote for Hillary and you know it.
Response to Jim Beard (Reply #10)Sat Jun 17, 2017, 07:52 PM
Star Member TDale313 (5,649 posts)
29. Yeah, where people live does actually make a difference.
I voted Bernie in the primaries and Hillary in the General. But I'm in California. Clinton won by 20 points here. The friends I have who live here and chose to vote Green or not vote in the General- they're not why we've got Trump. They're also (and I'm also) not in any way in support of the type of violence this nutjob perpetrated. The op is a ****ed up attempt to paint the millions who supported Bernie as being like the shooter.
So you voted Bernie in the primaries and Hillary in the general--just like James Hodgkinson!
