If Trump wins because many on the left voted for a doomed candidate, it will hurt Sawant.
If Trump wins because many on the left voted for a doomed candidate, it will hurt Sawant. Verso Books

Sadly, her assessment, which is in the venerable leftist journal The Nation, reaches a conclusion that makes sense in the mind but not in reality. Sawant recommends that progressive Americans vote for a person, Jill Stein, who has no chance of winning instead of one, Hillary Clinton, who does. True, Clinton is a neoliberal (check out out Blabbermouth's episode on neoliberalism), but she is still far better than Trump, who Sawant correctly calls an abomination and rabid bigot. But here is the truth of the matter. If Trump wins because many on the left voted for a doomed candidate, it will hurt Sawant and the very important socialist movement she helped bring to the mainstream. Those on the left who are close to the center (Republicans not in name—RNINs) will dominate leftist politics for a generation. They will point to the insane presidency of Trump and to the purism of Stein's supporters and, by this connection, pull the massive gravity of the Democratic party away from the progressives. Socialists would gain more ground if Hillary is in power. There can be no doubt about this.

Note: I still support Sawant and will vote for her even if Trump wins.