# Why are Greens trying so hard to re-elect Trump?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-greens-trying-so-hard-to-re-elect-trump/921516 "2020-09-25T16:59:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-greens-trying-so-hard-to-re-elect-trump/921516/82 "2020-09-30T22:55:54Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> And here’s a good example of the DSA internal squabbling, with third parties there’s often this sort of stuff over issues like housing.

Heh, certainly no one’s ever accused the Left of unity.

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-greens-trying-so-hard-to-re-elect-trump/921516/83 "2020-10-01T00:19:59Z")

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I’ve said it (and heard it said) for years: “You don’t build a skyscraper from the top down.”

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-greens-trying-so-hard-to-re-elect-trump/921516/84 "2020-10-01T01:01:16Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> 1. Try to gather up at least a smidgen of integrity and self-respect and quit letting the GOP play you like puppets.

I don’t know if I agree with this one. If we assume that the members of the Green party feel that they are legitimate, wouldn’t they think it a coup to get the conservatives to fund a hard-left agenda?

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-greens-trying-so-hard-to-re-elect-trump/921516/85 "2020-10-03T16:20:11Z")

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> [@Deeg](#):
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> I don’t know if I agree with this one. If we assume that the members of the Green party feel that they are legitimate, wouldn’t they think it a coup to get the conservatives to fund a hard-left agenda?

Because if the Republicans thought the Greens posed their agenda any sort of risk, they wouldn’t be supporting them. It’s the ultimate sign of contempt.

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-greens-trying-so-hard-to-re-elect-trump/921516/86 "2020-10-03T19:09:29Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> And here’s a good example of the DSA internal squabbling, with third parties there’s often this sort of stuff over issues like housing.  
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> Just like the Greens themselves has a huge intraparty squabble this year about their candidate nomination

It reminds me of the old saw about University academic politics told in many varied formulations such as: “The fight is so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.” See **[Sayre’s Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law)** for more.

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