Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart
The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/abdul-el-sayed-democrats-trump
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ··· ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵃˡ ᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃ ᵃᶜᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ ⁱ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ "ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉ" ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵈⁱᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ᵒʳ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖˡᵃᵗᶠᵒʳᵐ ⁱˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵐᵉ ··· i live near #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork #NY #FingerLakes #WesternNY #Ganondagan
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you're trying to play shell games to hide the obvious lesson:
nonvoters and MAGA gave us #trump
just admit it
we can't work on MAGA, they are bigoted pieces of shit, mind controlled zombies, toxic waste to ignore
what we do is we work over the nonvoters
attack their loser psychological failures (we don't coddle them, this is codependent enabling)
we increase the #vote, and we win and defeat #MAGA
#ElSayed is a powerful marker on this journey
Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑
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In almost every case, when voters are given the option, they elect the progressive Democrat, while the DNC gnashes its teeth and wonders what went wrong.
#ElSayed
#Progressive
⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ··· ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵃˡ ᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃ ᵃᶜᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ ⁱ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ "ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉ" ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵈⁱᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ᵒʳ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖˡᵃᵗᶠᵒʳᵐ ⁱˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵐᵉ ··· i live near #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork #NY #FingerLakes #WesternNY #Ganondagan
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false
2020 #election:
81M #biden, 74M #trump
2024 election:
75M #harris, 77M trump
some switched to trump. a few nonvoters showed for trump
but the dominant number is the asshole nonvoters who couldn't be bothered for harris
that's a story of #racism, #entitlement, whining constantly online but not really caring
i 100% blame our current hell on #MAGA and nonvoters
#ElSayed shows the way forward now:
show the fuck up and fucking #vote
💪 😤 ✅
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More results came in from the Michigan race for #ElSayed and #stevens that shows something interesting.
Namely, if you look at how the results have changed for Wayne County over the evening, the 52.3% to 44.4% margin that favored Stevens hasn't held up.
I was right. Late, in-person voters are trending more El-Sayed in Detroit.
That pretty much squashes Stevens last chance of winning.
Congrats to El-Sayed for a close win!
⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ··· ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵃˡ ᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃ ᵃᶜᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ ⁱ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ "ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉ" ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵈⁱᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ᵒʳ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖˡᵃᵗᶠᵒʳᵐ ⁱˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵐᵉ ··· i live near #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork #NY #FingerLakes #WesternNY #Ganondagan
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and if you don't vote, you're handing the bigots and plutocrats exactly what they want from you
and yes, we the working class should be making the decisions and in be in charge
that's what a vote is
by voting for candidates like #elsayed and #mamdani
not voting is choosing acceptance of all the evils we despise
⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ··· ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵃˡ ᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃ ᵃᶜᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ ⁱ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ "ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉ" ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵈⁱᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ᵒʳ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖˡᵃᵗᶠᵒʳᵐ ⁱˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵐᵉ ··· i live near #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork #NY #FingerLakes #WesternNY #Ganondagan
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marcus why are you calling what i'm saying a "neoliberal talking point" when you conclude your thread by arriving at the very same talking point i am saying with you?
you understand i am cheering on #ElSayed right?
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ··· ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵃˡ ᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃ ᵃᶜᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ ⁱ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ "ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉ" ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵈⁱᵛᵉʳˢᵉ ᵒʳ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖˡᵃᵗᶠᵒʳᵐ ⁱˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵐᵉ ··· i live near #RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork #NY #FingerLakes #WesternNY #Ganondagan
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let's review two things people still struggle with:
- not voting only helps #MAGA
it does not improve nor help anything. it only serves your selfish entitlement and smug self-gratification
it divides the left vote. it's just math
we have to take over the #Democrats
it's the only way
And look!
people are beginning to get it 😁 :
EARLY RESULTS. they can still lose
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/04/michigan-missouri-primary-democrats-test
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