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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

They appealed as hard as they could to conservatives.

You mean with Clinton's proposals to raise taxes on the rich 6 different ways? Or Harris proposal to raise taxes on corporations beyond what Biden did? I didn't know that conservatives wanted to aggressively tax the rich. /s

I cannot think of one single policiy of Harris that was "designed to appeal to conservatives". And since there were NO policy shifts designed to appeal to conservatives, her campaigning with Cheney was a very GOOD thing and not a bad thing at all, because Cheney's support hilighted to the voters that Traitorapist Trump was a fascist. Nobody was stupid enough to think Cheney was endorsing Harris for any of her policies other than democracy and freedom.

Harris was a terrible candidate, but that was primarily because she didn't use aggressive rhetoric against Traitorapist Trump. And yes being more progressive and supporting Medicare For All probably would have helped as well.