Gov. Larry Hogan, a good governor and a Republican who has not sucked up to President Trump, made it public that he wrote in Ronald Reagan for president.
This triggered some real anger from Joe Biden supporters, who apparently thought they were entitled to Hogan’s vote.
Drew Magary, an alleged sportswriter who professionally hates conservatives, demonstrates that in 2020, hating conservatives really means hating everyone who doesn’t vote for a Democrat.
Larry Hogan has a lot of people here convinced he’s “one of the good ones”. He’s not. He’s a bag of shit just like the rest.
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) October 16, 2020
Obama alumnus Arne Duncan resorted to name-calling.
Gov Hogan is a coward.
Why would a Republican rather vote for a dead man than vote for a Democrat?
I truly don’t get it https://t.co/twzT2DQROP— Arne Duncan (@arneduncan) October 16, 2020
Other liberal academics made it clear that you do NOT count as a “moderate” unless you vote for Biden.
Maryland GOP Governor Larry Hogan is not showing courage, leadership, or love of democracy in throwing away a vote.
The kind of courage required by conservatives when confronted with an extremist is described by Levitsky & Ziblatt (How Democracies Die)https://t.co/oIAe4Dt2Zb pic.twitter.com/ChG9j1iWLI
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) October 16, 2020
This is the norm. When I praised Biden on Twitter but said I wasn’t voting for him, I incurred a Twitter pile-on, with a sizable minority being blue-checkmarked Democrats being foul and personal.
Stephanie Slade at Reason Magazine got a similar treatment.
A man who said there were good white nationalists and a man who won’t answer a hypothetical. You’re right, they’re about equal. Both worth admonishing here.
You were always going to help Trump one way or the other.
— Neera -Vote Early- Tanden (@neeratanden) October 10, 2020
Jonah Goldberg had a similar experience.
It’s a bizarre thing. Biden partisans must know that a majority of American adults will not vote for Joe Biden because many will vote for Trump, more will simply not vote, and many will cast protest votes. How can someone get so angry at conservatives, libertarians, and Republicans who aren’t voting for Biden?
They react as if we are betraying them. But Hogan, Slade, Goldberg, and I are not Democrats.
It’s as if Biden’s supporters believe they have the right to the vote of everyone who sees Trump’s flaws. It’s a weird binary thinking, but an even weirder sense of ownership. Magary hates everyone like me — Catholic, conservative, pro-life. He can’t stand Hogan, Goldberg, or Slade. Why does he feel betrayed by our refusal to vote for Biden?
And the likes of Duncan? Do they really not get it? Biden is a radical in defense of abortion. He is a partisan Democrat who is flirting with packing the court. It doesn’t involve giving any credit to Trump to say that Biden is an unacceptable candidate for president.
