Because you now did it to yourself.

  • @kameecoding
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    881 day ago

    I guess I underestimated just how many americans have a problem with a PoC + Woman candidate, perhaps it was an error from the dems to not run a white guy at this moment.

    • @InverseParallax
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      It wouldn’t have mattered.

      The numbers showed turnout on the left was pathetic compared to 2020, while turnout on the right was basically the same.

      The monsters always win in the long run because they’re fanatics and don’t stop to think.

    • @Wrench
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      Eh. This was one of the chief concerns for those of us that resisted Biden stepping down that late in the race. No time for a primary, so Harris had to be the candidate. I was pleasantly surprised at the great reception she enjoyed for the first month, but the hype obviously didn’t reach far beyond the solidly blue base.

      • balderdash
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        1020 hours ago

        The only reason there was not enough time was because Biden took his time abdicating. We had more than enough time for primaries had Biden stepped down earlier.

    • balderdash
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      120 hours ago

      White women, latino men, etc. It’s just sad to see.

    • @Aiastarei
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      Don’t play dumb, she was unpopular with the left and did nothing to help with it. “Eat it up because otherwise it’s trump” doesn’t get you votes.

      • @Ceedoestrees
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        1423 hours ago

        It wasn’t a good reason not to vote for her, but unfortunately is one of the reasons some people didn’t vote. She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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          416 hours ago

          She should have focused on courting Democrats instead of being all chummy with a Cheney.

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          223 hours ago

          She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

          The problem with that is that Democrats’ insistence on incrementalism in all things had destroyed their credibility when they say that they’ll help people. No, they’ll start some investigations, throw up a hurdle in their own path, gleefully announce that it’s insurmountable, and then scream that everyone who saw what they just did doesn’t know how government works.

          • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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            218 hours ago

            You can’t just ignore how the government works and the fact that Democrats never had a real majority in the Senate thanks to Sinema and Manchin.

            • @Ensign_Crab
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              -118 hours ago

              We gave Democrats enough seats. They used them predictably.

              • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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                317 hours ago

                No, we didn’t. They had 48 seats, which is not enough to accomplish anything.

                • @Ensign_Crab
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                  -117 hours ago

                  You’re ignoring that 2 independents caucus with Democrats. It’s dishonest to exclude them. But you’re splitting hairs because it’s convenient for your excuses.

                  • @TheFonz
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                    112 hours ago

                    Two independents from conservative states that barely align with democrats. Why do you handwave this away so easily???

                  • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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                    012 hours ago

                    If they didn’t vote with the Dems when it actually mattered, why should they count?

      • @[email protected]
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        You can write that all day today and all next week, they still won’t understand.