• HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    We draw, somehow, more votes from Trump.

    Weird. Who would have thought batshit crazy would also like greedy, hateful, and stupid?

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    2 months ago

    I get the appeal of Trump. I don’t like it and can’t fathom being the kind of person who would vote for him, but I understand why people vote for him.

    I don’t get Kennedy at all. Is it purely Q people still thinking he is the next savior or some shit?

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      2 months ago

      Kennedy has been a Democrat most of his life. He helped Obama & supported Hillary. He’s definitely done some weird things, but most Democrats would have called him an ally up until his presidential run. Trump has always been a con man. If you get why people support Trump more than why they’d support Kennedy, then I’d say that says more about you than him.

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        2 months ago

        He’s definitely done some weird things, but most Democrats would have called him an ally up until his presidential run.

        Bullshit. He was vocally antivax. People who didn’t know that before sure found out during COVID.

        Also, people consider someone less of an ally when they find out about things like the dead bear and the brain worms.

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          2 months ago

          Weird… why did the Biden campaign enlist Robert De Niro to help with events? Does that mean Biden was antivax, and that Kamala said she loves an antivaxer during the first day of the DNC convention?

          Also… leaving a dead bear that someone hit with their vehicle in a park is messed up, but sending weapons to a country that has killed 30k+ women & children is normal?

          Last, you do realize brain worms is like a serious medical condition? Like… should Democrats now platform on being disabled or a paraplegic disbars them from being an ally?

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            2 months ago

            Is Robert DeNiro an antivaxxer?

            And are you actually accusing Democrats of ableism because they don’t trust a guy who had WORMS IN HIS BRAIN to be in politics?

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              2 months ago

              Yes Robert DeNiro was alongside RFK Jr at his vaccine safety press event offering money to show it was safe to inject mercury utilized in many vaccines at the time.

              And yes it is ableism. Why does it matter that he had worms? Biden has had multiple brain surgeries due to aneurisms.

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                2 months ago

                Would you say it was ableism to not trust someone with Alzheimer’s too? It’s a disability after all. Should someone with Alzheimer’s be considered an important political ally?

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            2 months ago

            Look, there’s a reason why people who use wheelchairs aren’t running track events. Disability is a spectrum, but let’s not pretend that it doesn’t actually prevent people from doing things.

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                2 months ago

                You mean all the Democrats that were praising them for their decades-long careers and all the good work they’d done, but also calling for them to step down once it was clear they were no longer up to the task?

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                  2 months ago

                  They wheeled Feinstein around in a wheel chair to “vote” till her dying breath. RBG stayed until Republicans could appoint a Republican justice. They didn’t do shit stop gaslighting people.

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        2 months ago

        Since he went all in on antivax and conspiracy stuff, Dems have known he’s a weird/crazy dude. Which is a damn shame, as pre-brain worms, he was a kick-ass environmental lawyer. Dude is clearly not all there and hasn’t been for decades.

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          He attended the vaccination safety events Robert De Niro… who the Biden campaign then enlisted. I’m not saying he’s right by any means. I think it is fine to question vaccine safety, especially when big pharma has so much influence in politics, but obviously he’s made statements that were far too extreme without supporting medical evidence.

          Regardless… Christians believing in make believe stuff that would normally be considered mental illness is as conspiracy-based to me as RFK Jr, so by all means if you think that saying crazy shit means you can never be an ally… then I guess you’ve never ran for state government.

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    2 months ago

    I get why Kamala wouldn’t want him in the administration, but did she even consider it? Like… his housing policy wasn’t bad. Let’s say he brought 3% more voters. That could have been significant. 3% could definitely help beat Kamala with a race this close. I don’t like the guy… and honestly, despite it not being his fault I just can’t stand listening to him speak. I’m wondering now if Trump is actually going to kick JD to the curb.

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      2 months ago

      3% is basically the lizardman constant. You can’t assume that voters will so readily jump from one candidate to the other.

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        2 months ago

        3% is significant. He had like 8 or 9% prior to Biden dropping out. I know he can’t sway all his voters and so that is why I suggested maybe 3%.

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      2 months ago

      He potentially could’ve caused LOST votes if she took him in. He is very unpopular.

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        2 months ago

        I guess… its a possibility, but very unlikely that Democrats would vote for Trump cause she was having conversations with him. Democrats talk to Republicans all the time and don’t lose votes. Sometimes you have to even work with people you don’t agree with… Imagine that.