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[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

Let's see how hungry those leopards are.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Cake? To have AND eat?

[–] Nyciferi@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Abortion Rights and Trump don't go in the same sentence.

Much less, Abortion Rights and Republicans.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Trump is a politician on the right and his face is an abortion?

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And now there will be a federal abortion ban. Just watch.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Oh great, we're going to be Ceaușescu's Romania.

I mean… I think the message is pretty fucking clear, especially when you consider voter count for Trump barely fucking moved, but fully 10 MILLION less people showed up for Harris compared to the last election. People are completely sick of the often meaningless platitudes and lack of action from the DNC. The corporate capture of the party is obviously catastrophic to their electoral chances. In terms of corporate friendliness, there’s actually almost zero difference between the two parties.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I thought Harris lost because Americans hate women. At least that's the narrative from Democrats who don't want to admit that moving to the right was a shitty idea.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Both statements can and is true.

I mean for fucks sake, 53 percent of white women voted for Trump. Even American women hates women.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The most anti abortion person I know is a woman of colour

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

53 percent of white women who voted voted for Trump.

[–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 days ago

This may surprise you, but the ones that didn't vote but could tacitly were fine with Trump as well.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

it really should not have mattered how far left or right harris was.. she was still left of the opposition, and she is not a power-hungry, vindictive shitstain on humanity hell bent on destroying the nation and the planet all while scamming ~~millions~~billions of dollars in the process.

marking a straight line democrat ballot should have been the easiest decision ever. you gotta start somewhere. no democrat is going to appeal to all or even just all who are 'left of center'. it is way too diverse of a group. in the current political landscape it will take numerous election cycles to shift congress and state houses left far enough to actually get the stuff that matters accomplished. so take what you can get instead of shitting on the country and everything else just because you don't get every single thing you wanted out of one candidate. you can't be this damn picky in a general election where everything is literally on the line. the time to be choosy is during the party primaries (yea, i know there wasn't really one this go around, but she is the sitting vp ffs. plenty good enough.. better than good enough. especially considering the circumstances of her candidacy).

they vote single issue, and they are unified. democrats, progressives and other like-minded citizens need to wake tf up and do the same.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

it really should not have mattered how far left or right harris was…

It did. Until Democrats internalize that and act accordingly, they will continue losing. If you want to move to the right, then you can try counting on the right to support you. Look at how well that worked out for you.

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