"We recognize that, in the next four years, our decision may cause us to have an even more difficult time. But we believe that this will give us a chance to recalibrate, and the Democrats will have to consider whether they want our votes or not."
That's gotta be one of the strangest reasonings I've heard in a while.
I live in a country with a preferential voting system.
While the USA has first past the post voting you are stuck with the two party system. Voting for a third party candidate is the same as not voting at all.