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except the millions upon millions of people who can't even be bothered to vote. I know the systemic vote suppression probably counts for a significant part of it, but honestly most of the rest are skirting their civic duty
What will you vote for? There is not alternative that is any better than Trump
How about a pile of dog shit? If Trump had literally just let the medical experts speak instead of constantly downplaying COVID 19, thousands of people wouldn't be dead now. A pile of dog shit would've at least had the courtesy of shutting the fuck up.
The medical experts downplayed it as well though unfortunately. Fauci acted like it wasn’t a big deal when it was. He lied about masks and claimed they weren’t needed. (Glad I had them anyway and ignore him early on, but still).
Yeah I've heard this all before. Since I was conscious and reading the news daily, these distortions aren't important to me and I refuse to argue about them anymore. Just know that a lot of people disagree with this ludicrous spin on reality
I just sleep at night knowing I didn’t kill thousands by pretending Covid was just a flu like Fauci and the CDC did. Covid was far far worse than a Flu is
Disagree with Fauci’s spin on reality where he downplayed Covid? Yeah, most people do
Yes the 4 day span he was trying to calm down 350 million people means science is invalid
Where did I mention the science? You are a fucking liar who didn’t read my comment. The science was valid but he misrepresented the science and lied about what the scientific evidence was and pretended Covid wasn’t a threat. Go back to your Fox News where you can pretend “it was just a flu”
Lol yeah you're right, I definitely don't hate Fox News with every fiber of my being. Keep on spreading hate about fauci though, that's in no way on board with Fox News at all!!! ;)
You are the one defending people downplaying Covid. So that seems like you must be a Fox News fan
Right, yeah saying Trump equals fauci is totally leftist as fuck lol you transparent moron
Awww, does baby need to use ableist terms?
Yeah and that was a fucking stupid thing to say. I still don't know why they thought that was a good idea. The rest was on target though.
Literally every alternative is better.
Even corporate bootlicker sleepy joe is making heaps of improvements in the US compared to Trump.
Ehhhhh, not really. Biden increased funding to the police, remilitarized Somalia and hadent ended concentration camps for migrants. Biden’s one good thing was pulling out of Afganistan
Biden also allowed Covid to run wild and ended the state of emergency
Ah, the “neither side is the ideal option so just vote for Trump” angle. Not sure what your point is unless you’re pro-Trump. Is Biden the ideal candidate? No, but here in reality where the options are Trump or Biden, there really isn’t a valid argument where anyone left of alt-right wouldn’t vote for Biden.
I didn’t say vote for Trump. I said dont vote. I’ve seen no evidence that Biden was any different than Trump so far. They both have been awful
Abstaining from voting is basically giving Trump the win, ergo it is a vote for Trump. Again, either these are ignorant comments or you’re just a troll.
Not really. Abstaining from a vote is abstaining. It’s not providing a vote to anyone. If the Democrats ran better people, I would say, yes, vote for them. But with Biden, that’s not the case