Next Uprising

So I am seeing a bigger push than ever from the “Vote blue no matter who” movement. In principle I agree and support that fully. In fact, this article is written with the hope that it helps that movement. We need to do whatever we can to get rid of the toxic Cheeto. So please know that I write this BECAUSE I support “Vote Blue no matter who”.

But there is a serious marketing problem the movement is having. Not one single meme promoting “Vote blue no matter who” even mentions Bernie Sanders. Why is that? I have seen floods of articles and video that do not mention him either. This is despite him being the current front runner! This article will be posted on the Next Uprising Facebook page, so please feel free to prove me wrong. Post those “Vote blue no matter who” memes that actually recognize Bernie Sanders.

Now why is this such a problem? You want those Bernie Sanders supporters to vote for whoever wins the Democratic nomination! Remember what happened last time? Bernie made it clear that he was throwing his support behind Hillary Clinton, because he knew she was better than the petulant child we have in the White House right now.

The problem however was that Bernie supporters were not all Democrats. There was also a good amount of Green party members, people who never voted before, and even lifelong Republicans that were ready to vote for Bernie Sanders. How do you get them to support your Democratic nomination after you work so hard to sabotage their candidate? How do you get them to be “Vote blue no matter who” when they see 4 top DNC officials step down due to corruption?

It wasn't just DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that had to step down (after it was shown that the DNC had a clear bias against Bernie Sanders). There was also DNC CEO Amy Dacey, CFO Brad Marshall, and Communications Director Luis Miranda.

Then to top it all off, Hillary Clinton hired Debbie Wasserman Shultz for her campaign! I know this is all water under the bridge now, and the DNC has made changes to hopefully prevent that level of corrupt behavior this election, but we must learn from our mistakes. Otherwise we are doomed to revisit the repercussions. Those repercussions are four more years of the liar in chief. We need to do all we can to prevent that.

This is not a plea for equal time. This is not me trying to get more recognition for Senator Sanders. This is me trying to make sure that whoever wins this upcoming primary, gets as much support as possible!

So please stop sharing that meme, article, bar chart, or video if it doesn’t give equal time to all candidates. If Bernie doesn’t win this, we need his supporters to vote for them. Don’t we? Let’s make sure everyone embraces “Vote blue no matter who!”