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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Won't destroy democracy: Check.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (15 children)

✅ Also has some good ideas

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Which unfortunately will never get anywhere because the Republicans are almost guaranteed to win back the Senate...

It really sucks. Either Trump wins and gets the trifecta of control letting the fascists at the heritage foundation run rampant or Kamala wins but still loses the Senate and we get nothing but the statue quo for at least 2 more years... But if anything the Republicans will gain seats in the next cycle because they can point to the previous 2 years of nothing (caused by them) as evidence that Democrats suck...

Big sad. :(

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

One wants to be a dictator, the other doesn't. They're the same! \s

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (14 children)
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

she's not a raging lunatic who sundowns at every rally?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

There is only one sane choice. People who abstain are choosing insanity the same way that those who abstained in 2016 allowed insanity to prevail.

Having said that, I think voters would be pretty excited to get out and support a candidate that they had actually chosen in the primaries after seeing them go through some campaigning and debates. None of us chose Kamala, and Biden's late dropout was not ideal. I am hoping that America can have this opportunity back in the next election.

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