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Kamala Harris statement on Trump's promise to end democracy (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)

submitted 4 months ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 211 points 4 months ago (5 children)

thank you harris and dems. this is much better than the "he's weird" approach. ratchet up the pressure on the fascism aspect, all the way up, and keep it there

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 95 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why not both? "Weird" gets politically disengaged people to notice, then follow up with how a Trump or Republican facist presidency would be dangerous.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It also doesn't get as pilloried as Hillary's "deplorables", even if she was right about that.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hilary's pillory would make a good title for a book about the 2016 election.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Also, she could open up a bedding store, call it "Hillary's Pillowery" and BOOM shot across the bow to Mike Lindell and the RNC funding apparatus!

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

good point. they have a lot of people of all ages who need to be addressed in their own language

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

Trump is not bussin, no cap

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 60 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am so glad Biden stepped down and Harris is actually running the campaign the Dems should have been running since 2016.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think Biden was the best person to run in 2020.

His prior experience with the office + familiarity with world leaders is what allowed him to actually work from day one and also get NATO back together.

Remember that trump didn't hand the power peacefully, was blocking intelligence reports and our relationship with our allies was in the shitter.

Putin started to preparing to invade Ukraine in April 2021 (or at least that's when or intelligence noticed it), putin was certain that Biden won't be able to reunite West on time.

All other 2020 candidates would need some time ramp up as they did not have the same experience.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 18 points 4 months ago

I am talking about Dems as a whole and the campaigns they should have run, not which candidates were running.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Biden was a good guy to have on cleanup duty. I think one of the main reasons why the Obama presidency was such a disappointment is that he had to handle cleanup duty at the same time as he was trying to push things forward.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There's a multi-pronged approach here now.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

The "He’s weird" is the equivalent of "Doesn’t she look tired" in Doctor Who, when the Doctor decides to end a bad politician’s career. That sentence, as it starts spreading, destroys her career.

This is what they aim for, and it’s meant for MAGAs, to crack them open.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

He's still hella weird though...