And this is true despite the fact that the left in countries such as France, India, and Japan is a formidable force, boasting organizations with millions of members and sending delegates to serve in legislative and executive office.
Is my reading comprehension off or is he really saying what I think he’s saying?
Oh I should know better of course he is. “The left” holds no real meaning to these people.
He also completely undermines his own point by admitting that the American system lacks the parliamentary system that allows for left-leaning parties to extract concessions; we’ll join the governing coalition if you agree to do x, y, and z. There is no such concessions the DSA could get from Biden, endorsing him would get them jack shit. It’s the same old “if just genuflect hard enough to the establishment we’re opposed to, they might drop us some crumbs.”
There is no such concessions the DSA could get from Biden
tbf they could get concessions from the House Democrats. That’s what “force the vote” was all about, although it should have been directed at removing Pelosi instead of a meaningless symbolic vote on a bill that would never pass. But either way, none of “The Squad” were really on board with that anyway.
Yes, he suppports a genocide, but you must still 
for him because he has proven he cares about democracy and civic rights. 
Is my reading comprehension off or is he really saying what I think he’s saying?
Oh I should know better of course he is. “The left” holds no real meaning to these people.
He also completely undermines his own point by admitting that the American system lacks the parliamentary system that allows for left-leaning parties to extract concessions; we’ll join the governing coalition if you agree to do x, y, and z. There is no such concessions the DSA could get from Biden, endorsing him would get them jack shit. It’s the same old “if just genuflect hard enough to the establishment we’re opposed to, they might drop us some crumbs.”
tbf they could get concessions from the House Democrats. That’s what “force the vote” was all about, although it should have been directed at removing Pelosi instead of a meaningless symbolic vote on a bill that would never pass. But either way, none of “The Squad” were really on board with that anyway.