Kingler12345 assuming Biden would veto Medicare for all of it reached his desk (not convinced given the seismic shift in political framing it would take for this to get past the house and senate), a 7-2 conservative Supreme Court where the 3 new conservatives (one replacing Clarence Thomas) are very young, would put it off the table until at least 2050. Unlike Biden himself who would only be able to prevent it 2024 or 2028 at most. Also see a lot of implications that Biden won’t pick liberal justices bc the Thomas vote, but his fist pick would obviously be Gorsuch (liberal enough) and then literally any judge not in the federalist society won’t partake in conservative activism while sitting on the bench. The one thing democratic presidents have done consistently well is pick justices that do not rule like conservative law makers. The one thing Trump has done “well” (for conservatives) is stack the judicial branch at all levels with conservative political hacks. There are over 800 bills sitting on McConnell’s desk, over 700 of which passed the house with bipartisan support, which he (and other senate republicans are just as responsible for) has neglected to bring to the floor to shove over 200 conservative political hacks into the judiciary branch. I’m not sure the judiciary branch is even functional now, but it definitely won’t be if there’s 4 more years of Trump. This especially problematic because many of the recent progressive victories have come through the Supreme Court, and some of the things that need to be rectified can be far more easily accomplished with a judicial branch not filled with conservative hacks.
Anyways regardless if you vote for Biden or not, you all should really vote for the more progressive candidate in the senate, house and your own local races. 2020 is a redistributing year and in many states their legislature draws the map. Voting so that progressives actually get fair representation in those maps will be very important to getting any progressive goal accomplished long term. Many of the more recent progressive victories have also come on the state level (legalization of marijuana, increasing voting access, independent redistricting, expanding Medicare access, etc.) in Blue states as opposed to red states which have... banned abortion 17 times? Also important to keep the house Blue and flip the senate if you think Trump is going to win to limit his ability to do the fascism and wreck the judicial branch. So even if you think Biden is hot garb (probs true) and the equivalent of trump (obviously false), at least vote for the other races on the ballot. Otherwise you really are shooting yourself in the foot.
Anyways regardless if you vote for Biden or not, you all should really vote for the more progressive candidate in the senate, house and your own local races. 2020 is a redistributing year and in many states their legislature draws the map. Voting so that progressives actually get fair representation in those maps will be very important to getting any progressive goal accomplished long term. Many of the more recent progressive victories have also come on the state level (legalization of marijuana, increasing voting access, independent redistricting, expanding Medicare access, etc.) in Blue states as opposed to red states which have... banned abortion 17 times? Also important to keep the house Blue and flip the senate if you think Trump is going to win to limit his ability to do the fascism and wreck the judicial branch. So even if you think Biden is hot garb (probs true) and the equivalent of trump (obviously false), at least vote for the other races on the ballot. Otherwise you really are shooting yourself in the foot.
