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Sean James
Liberal commentator Briahna Joy Gray said she knows many fellow liberals who would rather vote for Tucker Carlson to be president than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Gray shared that detail during the latest episode of her Bad Faith podcast on Thursday. She said that realization put her between a rock and a hard place because she would not recommend Democrats vote for either one of them.
Its crazy, I know many people on the left who would happily vote for Tucker Carlson before AOC, Gray said. I am frustrated by that dynamic because I dont want Tucker Carlson to be president. I also cant see myself damaging my own credibility by telling someone to vote for AOC. These options hurt us all.
Gray expanded on her take, saying Carlson has said a lot of bad stuff in the past and referred to his comments on which immigrants assimilate best in the U.S. but said he could be quite appealing to voters following his recent rebirth.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/far-left-podcaster-claims-many-204640645.html
For the record, I know of no real liberal who would ever vote for Carlson for anything. Also, I'm posting this for informational purposes only. I don't in anyway agree with or support Ms. Gray's position. But she is an influential voice and we should be aware of what is being said beyond this site. Thank you.
no_hypocrisy
(55,369 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)who's paying for the drugs she's on? LOL
Kid Berwyn
(25,073 posts)She will have no problem attracting voters liberal, conservative, Democratic, independent and Republican and beat the little NAZI shitstick Tucker like the lying rug he and his plutocratic paymasters are.
gab13by13
(32,761 posts)Comparing AOC with Tucker Carlson is flat out bullshit.
I hate when people say I know many, without any names.
I never alerted in my entire time at DU but this post is trying my patience.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)who would never vote for Carlson? It's literally hundreds of people.
Boo1
(455 posts)Brought to us by The Intercept and the Bernie Sanders campaign.
awesomerwb1
(5,150 posts)Yet another Bernie Sanders person.
Johonny
(26,590 posts)You're not a liberal if you would Happily vote for Tucker, who isn't the least bit liberal. He's a stupid racist prick.
newdeal2
(5,601 posts)The people who think like this dont want to win. They just want to complain so they stay relevant.
Like how did not voting for Gore, Kerry, Hill, Biden work out?
SSJVegeta
(3,124 posts)Cosmocat
(15,469 posts)was busy when I ripped that off.
SSJVegeta
(3,124 posts)Welp I've got a sneaking suspicion that many are done drinking the anti DEI "both sides are the same" kool-aid for now.
🤞
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)I hate purity tests and such tests have rarely, if ever, served us well. Voters need to grow up and realize they aren't voting for contestants on American Idol. Elections have very real consequences that can affect us for decades. They aren't (or shouldn't be) popularity contests.
newdeal2
(5,601 posts)Should be called a LIAR to their faces. They lied and people are suffering all around the world as a consequence.
JT45242
(4,128 posts)Until the democratic leadership steps up and demands that Bibi and other tops parts of the Israeli government and military are sent to the Hague for war crimes -- we will have problems getting out the vote with a substantial chunk of Gen Z.
They view both parties as guilty of this -- especially Dems in congressional leadership like Shumer and Jefferies.
I don't agree but have heard it from both sons 19/25 and a bunch of their friends who are generally liberal and support -- universal health care, student loan reform, etc.
But the war crimes of the Israeli givernment may be an albatross around the neck of the party.
Ideally, the war criminals on all fronts -- Israeli military, palestinian terrorists, Russians, Americans -- face justice. It really is a HUGE issue for Gen Z
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)The problem with Kamala was she was a woman of color and there are a whole lot of voters who just won't vote for a woman, no matter how qualified she is. Sadly, the U.S. has a "woman" problem. I really thought I would see a woman president in my lifetime. Guess not in this country or this lifetime.
Born a second class citizen and likely to die a second class citizen.
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Ocelot II
(131,216 posts)and got into a kerfuffle with AOC about supporting Pelosi.
betsuni
(29,287 posts)But I think she has a grudge against everyone.
Intractable
(2,384 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)But she does have a following so it is important to hear what BS she is putting out there.
efhmc
(16,987 posts)wnylib
(26,453 posts)EarthFirst
(4,219 posts)
of which wild claims of which direction many within the Democratic Party
would rather traverse.
Sure, Jan
Oneironaut
(6,320 posts)This cant be real. If people believe Tucker Carlsons rebirth is actually authentic, then, they will believe anything. Literally anything.
This is the same type of thinking as people who believe Trump is blue collar at heart and is fighting the deep state! They have the IQ of a smooth rock.
Biophilic
(6,678 posts)kysrsoze
(6,454 posts)would vote for Tucker Carlson?
mcar
(46,354 posts)Where far left meets far right.
leftstreet
(41,248 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)for the 2020 presidential campaign.
leftstreet
(41,248 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)But she claims to be.
SSJVegeta
(3,124 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)She also stopped supporting sanity. LOL
SSJVegeta
(3,124 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(17,218 posts)Retorical question.
SSJVegeta
(3,124 posts)Quiet Em
(3,014 posts)I won't name them, but this handful also prefer
MTG to AOC
Trump to Hillary Clinton
Trump to Joe Biden
Trump to Kamala Harris
so their preferring Tucker Carlson to AOC is not surprising.
What is surprising is that anyone classifies this handful as left, liberal or progressive.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)who claim to be far left but only attack democrats. Jill Stein, David Sirota, Peter Daou and Anthony Zenkus are some of them. They are chaos agents.
Quiet Em
(3,014 posts)It's quite sad that people still fall for their shit.
JI7
(93,899 posts)but she still wants to try to pretend she is a liberal when she is pretty much a Tucker Carlson supporter. And hates Democrats.
JBTaurus83
(1,674 posts)If AOC isnt far enough to the left for these people, they really dont understand US politics at all.
ck4829
(38,093 posts)orleans
(37,186 posts)what a fucking idiot!
the "many people on the left" that she "knows" are obviously faux news freaks that loved carlson
btw none of the dems i know would vote for that asshole. ever.
Melon
(1,689 posts)Has he now become liberal? Is he actually support the left? I only remember him being a right stooge. Im off to do research.
UpInArms
(55,348 posts)So why would I care what she opines about?
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)and so what she says might have some influence.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,590 posts)I can find
92.6k Instagram
181k YouTube (the "Bad Faith" podcast)
5k substack
but she seems to have avoided a personal presence on TikTok, and if she's on Facebook, it doesn't seem to come up as much as when she appears on someone else's pages.
She doesn't get into mainstream news much - aside from this story, freebeacon.com (RW nutters) mentioned her in a story about "Mamdani's Communist Housing Czar" (said "Czar" appeared on "Bad Faith" in 2021), and that's it for this year in Google News.
DU doesn't seem to talk about her at all, these days. The site DuckDuckGo search turns up just this thread, and one from 2023 that was just kicked and now shows dozens of self-deletions by one DUer (god knows what they said - we can't see "Briahna" in it now anyway). Google finds this one mention of her (she's mentioned in passing) and that's it: https://www.democraticunderground.com/132172584
Who does she influence, these days?
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)Which tracks knowing the owner.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,590 posts)I don't think potential Democratic voters are spending much time on x.com now. She gets 50k views of her more popular own posts there (under 20k for the everyday ones); on this topic, she managed a bit over 100k, but then it does seem like it's a blatant attempt for visibility. I think the 500k may include people who followed her there years ago, but it's Musk's hellsite now, so they've left, and loads of bots (also because it's Musk's hellsite).
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)now see her for what she is.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,366 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)dlk
(13,339 posts)n/t
RockRaven
(19,749 posts)Wow.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)Can't think of a more accurate description of her.
purr-rat beauty
(1,434 posts)I highly doubt any informed liberal would sway towards that crackpot, maybe dimwitted independents?
ananda
(35,504 posts)that it accidentally turned into whatever
was left?
LoisB
(13,462 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)I know no liberal who would ever vote for Carlson for anything other than the "biggest idiot in a bow tie" award.
LoisB
(13,462 posts)AZProgressive
(29,978 posts)As far as Twitter I don't trust the motives of whatever narratives are going on there.
Not according to polls on real people. AOC recently led a primary poll from an accurate pollster so it shows whatever narratives are going on online it hasn't really made much of a dent in real life.
DavidDvorkin
(20,683 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,776 posts)is a Biggest Asshole Named "Tucker" contest.
Torchlight
(7,053 posts)Unless or until they support their assertions with objective evidence, I'll continue to dismiss them as meritless, for-profit allegations designed only to increase division and further stuff bank accounts with imaginary decimal points.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,740 posts)Luckily for her then, neither are running for president! Manufactured crisis, averted!
"...but said he could be 'quite appealing' to voters following his recent 'rebirth.'
I don't think I need to be aware of anyone who thinks this way. Nope.
betsuni
(29,287 posts)doc03
(39,175 posts)independants would.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,031 posts)and conservatives I assume.
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