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“The guy is not a democrat with a small d,” the president told CNN's Erin Burnett.

President Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday he is all but certain Donald Trump, his predecessor and presumptive 2024 rival, will reject the results of the November election and called Trump “dangerous” for the nation.

“The guy is not a democrat with a small d,” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett during a visit to Wisconsin this week.

“How many court cases do they have, Supreme Court cases? They’ve all said this is a totally legitimate election. ... He may not accept the outcome of the election? I promise you he won’t. Which is dangerous.”

The president went on to say other world leaders had expressed to him their fear of a second Trump presidency and pointed to Trump’s pledge to prosecute his political opponents if he enters the Oval Office once more.

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[–] zaph 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah except that what you've described is a delusional fantasy. PROCEEDS TO AGGREE WITH COMMENT

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah thats not what their comment described.

The 'lazy asshole' in their metaphor is never coming to your aid. They'll vote to call protestation against Israel hate speach before they'll ever consider reforming the system that keeps them in power. This is the solipsistic delusion I'm highlighting. ALL of the evidence suggests that Democrats will maintain support a tyrannical Republican agenda before considering the kind of critical systematic introspection necessary to actually reform the system. Democrats are not interested in reform of a system that keeps them in power.

The only place in which Democrats are a reform party is in the deluded minds of their aquarian sycophants. There is no external evidence to suggest that Democrats are a reform party, because at every given opportunity to do so, Democrats refuse. Its a Marvel-tier fantasy that the Democrats writ large are the heroes in this story.

[–] zaph 3 points 3 months ago

Holy shit I'm sorry to make you write all that out. I'm not sure what happened in my brain but it looked like your comment was a reply to a different comment.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago

The problem is that a majority of those vocally supporting Biden can't just be happy with people agreeing they'll vote for Biden over Trump, but they insist that people live in the fan-fiction fantasy land with them.