• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    “There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone ‘better.’ Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds,” the statement said.

    This is a statement from a presidential campaign.

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      It’s wild how frequently they just… make shit up and say it like it’s factual.

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      The quote should be put with spoiler tags and a surgeon general’s warning that reading the contents has been shown to lower your IQ by at least four percentage points, and prolonged exposure to even seeing the words on the screen could cause permanent brain damage.

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      Their campaign is literally saying shit that I would normally expect to hear from the mouths of 3rd world dictators. The GOP is now conspiracy theory bullshit from stem to stern.

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      Trumpism at its “finest”. Still, Obama’s call for an open convention does open exactly this kind of attack. I’ve certainly BIPOC talk about it as a typically “not really culturally BIPOC” move from Obama that betrays his predominantly white cultural upbringing. Sometimes unity is better than whatever else you have in mind.

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        … Did you just suggest that Obama isn’t “black enough?”

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          He’s half African and was raised by his white mother and grandparents. He’s not really culturally ADOS (African descendant of slaves).

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    Damn. I lost that bet.

    I thought it’d take longer than this. Mostly for trump to figure out which words to use. he has trouble with multi-syllabic words.

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    All joking aside, you have to assume they’re going to challenge her candidacy and eventual legitimacy in court. Debating her is not only politically ill advised, but also a tacit agreement that she’s a legitimate candidate.

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      She’s been vice president for the past 4 years, so she already meets the legal requirements for office, and Republicans haven’t ever challenged it.

      The DNC is next month, and the party has every right to make her the nominee if Biden isn’t running for reelection.

      I don’t see any actual legal battle here. There’s absolutely zero legal precedent for blocking a party nomination before the convention or any of the relevant state deadlines pass.

      They’re just running their mouths about this switch-up being improper because they’re panicking. They spent the last 4 years priming their base to care about one thing and one thing only: getting rid of the “Biden Crime Family”. Now that it’s down to the wire, Biden isn’t their opponent anymore.

      They’re in the bargaining stage of grief, since Trump’s chances of winning have pretty much been killed, especially after introducing professional wet blanket J.D. Vance as Trump’s running mate.

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    Ha! I predicted this!

    I also predicted Biden’s disaster and asked people around me why the fuck is Biden going to debate Trump. People said “he has no choice”. I found that quite questionable. Now Trump seems to be proving that candidates have a choice.

    Sure Trump’s cowardice will damage his campaign. But getting an ass-beating in the debate is even more damaging, as Biden proved. So Trump is making his best tactical move for his ability.

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    I would like it if the headlines were “Trump forfeits the debate” to rightfully emphasize the lossy nature of the decision.

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      The problem with the Biden debate situation is that he was trailing in the polls, so he needed a debate with a strong performance in order to win over voters. Obviously, the opposite of that happened.

      Trump’s margin against Kamala is likely smaller, but he’s still slightly ahead. It’s probably much more prudent for him to avoid a debate given that Kamala would probably perform much better than him. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

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        There was a time where it was a given that we’d have x number of Presidential debates… I can’t believe how far we’ve sunk.

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          Normally you don’t have a debate against an Alzheimer patient from a party that denied how bad it was for years. Remember when his senility was fake news, like…3 weeks ago? Exact same arrogant bastards are risking a trump victory again while they play their stupid games. Harris is looking coronated, same as Biden and Hillary before. That they don’t have a real open primary is pathetic. The one party state yall say you want to prevent arrived ten years ago, now you’re just the north american equivalent of Jackie Chan supporting the communist party. Yknow they vote for left and right factions inside the overarching party there, right? People vote with a choice of conservative communist member or liberal communist member, they all belong to a second party under the main one.

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    Felon, pedophile, rapist, coward.

    There are so many ways to describe this man

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    I’m a Free Thinking Republican and I think this is a GREAT and STRONG move by a FEARLESS LEADER who is trying to take down the DEEP STATE! Kamala is the DEEP STATE so Debating her would be STUPID even though it would be a PERFECT opportunity for Trump to Attack the Deep State like the Strong Man he is!