• Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    It provides a false sense of security for the left even though they should still definitely be worried. The past week is reminiscent of 2016 when everyone thought Trump was a joke candidate and Hillary was going to crush him.

    • TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      That’s one thing to remember, troll factories don’t just shove out the same piece of propaganda. They try disenfranchise, disinterest, and even guide the people they don’t want to win towards candidates and policies they know will play into their hands. Kamala Harris is certainly a good candidate - for democrats. She’s not likely to influence Trumpers, and a more traditional candidate might have been more popular with anyone who really was undecided. A better option might have been to appeal to times when politics wasn’t as divided, and I have even joked that someone like John Kerry with Mitt Romney as VP would have been a sure win.

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        11 months ago

        Kamala’s a very traditional candidate, if we’re talking about her record. Trump, on the other hand, is the only President in US history to’ve never held public office or served in the military before being elected. Very non-traditional.

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          11 months ago

          It’s the left who is dividing us by having the R’s run a convicted felon! I don’t understand how anybody doesn’t understand this !!