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  • With Joe Biden out of the race, Donald Trump has become the oldest presidential nominee ever.
  • Trump's now facing off against Kamala Harris, 59, a woman decades younger.
  • On Monday, Trump called himself a "fine and brilliant young man" while criticizing Harris.
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Before she's even the nominee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I mean technically. I dunno, it's a little bit tough to say that since there's nobody else in the race (and thus she's the only one with any momentum at all). She got the nod from the current president and the non-binding support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination. It's not like there's a whole lot of doubt that she's going to be the nominee, unless something unexpected goes down over the next few days.

And to be clear, I don't think that diminishes how impressive her feat is. I just think it's more about the fact that she's managed to reinvigorate the entire political center-left in just a few days, and flip this race from "a 2020 rerun" to "something completely new."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's fair. I just wish they had gotten off their arses and initiated a democratic vote on the matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

For that to happen it would need to have been in March at the latest. Biden did the right thing, but he waited quite a long time to do it. At this point, support needs to coalesce around one candidate.

Not that I disagree. I absolutely don't. It's just too late for processes like that at this point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not really; you've got over three months.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I mean, yes, and in those three months will be the democratic vote to actually nominate the candidate. I don't see any value in having another vote before then.