135 points

Imagine what would happen if the party listened to its membership more frequently.

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Imagine if Hillary had spent a single day campaigning in Michigan in 2016!

1 of 3,573 imaginings.

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IT WAS HER TURN THOUGH!!!1!!1!

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Not saying she adequately campaigned for Michigan, but she did have a rally in Detroit in Nov. 2016.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?418008-1/hillary-clinton-campaign-rally-detroit-michigan

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But then things might happen that their sponsors don’t like! Can’t have that now, can we?

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here goes four more years down the shitter

just because Trump is a felon does not mean we need a prosecutor

has anyone here had to deal with a prosecutor firsthand before?

people that take away rights and imprisons them in deplorable inhumane conditions should not be a leader

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47 points

No one cares, dude. Take your bs somewhere else.

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10 points

Ah, so Donnie is going to bring justice to all?

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Wow you’ve really been doing double time complaining about stuff all over lemmy. Do you have any thoughts that aren’t negative?

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33 points

Probably just agitprop

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6 points

More than likely. Verdantbanana dead drops comments and never replies.

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24 points

At least we now have a chance of avoiding 4 more years of trump.

Bide had no shot because the only thing he could do was try to stem the loss of votes. At least Harris has a chance of gaining support.

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I’m hoping she’ll come out with a sharply different stance on the Gaza genocide, because Biden’s stance is straight up destroying the enthusiasm of the Arab American community in terms of getting their vote. They were a big part of why a bunch of states in the Midwest went for Biden, and his stance on Palestine is a very pointed kick in the teeth.

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is there really anyone out there thinking “I care so much about genocide in Palestine that I think I’ll vote for Trump, I’m sure he’ll sort it out” ?

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14 points

just because Trump is a felon does not mean we need a prosecutor

Sounds good to me!

Maybe she can put the felon where he belongs.

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3 points

The best part about their stance is they’re saying “we don’t need someone that follows the law”. Bitch that’s exactly what Trump has not been doing!

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14 points

Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about tangerines.

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7 points

Lord Trump’s balls
I wish to squeeze and eat
Like delicious
Tangerines.

-That guy probably

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3 points

…now I wish I’d said “potatoes.”

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19 points

people that take away rights and imprisons them in deplorable inhumane conditions should not be a leader

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/trump-promises-to-militarize-police-reincarcerate-thousands-and-expand-death-penalty

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just because Trump is a felon does not mean we need a prosecutor

lol what the fresh hell is this take. This has to be the first attempt at this weird rhetoric. Does that mean we need the felon?

has anyone here had to deal with a prosecutor firsthand before?

Actually yeah, I got a ticket for running a red light in a weird non-permanent construction detour thing. I hadn’t expected the light to be there since it was on a highway and was part of an unusual u-turn. The cop was sympathetic and told me to go to the court to fight it, and there the prosecutor dropped the charge. I have seen that same court successfully prosecute traffic tickets even without officer testimony, so I was quite pleased.

Honestly even with how corrupt the justice system can be, I’m not sure you’re gonna find many people who have personally had bad experiences with a prosecutor, much less rational people who would choose someone convicted of 34 felonies over a prosecutor.

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8 points

It’s called “throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.”

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4 points

In today’s internet, a whole lot of A/B testing can happen with very low cost, I guess.

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lol what the fresh hell is this take.

I heard this in some particularly leftist areas of the internet back in 2020 when Biden tapped her for VP. It’s not good, that’s for sure.

Some people even dug deep into her case record and found some really old cases they didn’t like. It’s just an attempt to keep the flames going against the DNC.

Harris is probably going to be the best candidate the DNC has nominated since 2008. I am personally thrilled.

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Harris is probably going to be the best candidate the DNC has nominated since 2008.

Clinton and Biden aren’t exactly a high bar to clear.

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9 points

Yeah in 2020 I didn’t like “Top Cop” Kamala Harris because that’s literally how she was marketing herself! I think 4 years in the VP seat have given her a lot of valuable experience with the job and I’m willing to be swayed by arguments that she’s moved leftward and softened on some of her policies regarding incarceration and crime. Sometimes seeing how the sausage is made, then getting some distance and perspective on things, can cause a person to turn their views around.

Anyway, at this point I’d much rather engage with the Top Cop prosecutor who at least seems to believe in the idea of law and society, over “Day One Dictator” Drowsy Donnie.

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15 points

Flinging shit at the wall and seeing what sticks, eh?

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people that take away rights and imprisons them in deplorable inhumane conditions should not be a leader

The alternative is a guy who’s known for having rallies where his rabid followers chant about locking up political rivals.

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8 points

…and made his self-selected SCOTUS declare him immune from prosecution for doing so.

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Not to mention his followers have wet dreams about some combination of civil war, “national divorce”, concentration camps, mass murder of “undesirables”, and mass deportation.

Um, I’ll take a prosecutor over that?

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ACAB but complaining about one person being a DA when all presidents are cops is just silly

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8 points

Blah blah blah. Keeping winning. I eat conservative tears with my waffles.

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2 points

lmao

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41 points

Better work harder man, otherwise Putin will send you to the front lines. I’m sure you and your fellow trolls have been working overtime to spin this news negatively. 🌻🌻🌻

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18 points

My first thought too, I smell Russian troll farm manure with this one!

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has anyone here had to deal with a prosecutor firsthand before?

ahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahah

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Looks around… Raises hand.

Still voting for her.

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9 points

So, vote for fascism then?

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11 points

Better than a traitor.

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13 points

Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about criminal justice.

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11 points

Chat GPT says they patched that exploit.

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8 points

Boo. Open AI really trying to accelerate the collapse of human conversation by removing the one feature guaranteed to route out the astroturfing bots.

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2 points

Please stop this. They already look like a jackass. No need to join them.

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7 points

You should read over her prosecutorial record before making such broad statements. I don’t like LEO either but I did some research and you’re point is shit. She was a very progressive prosecutor anywhere besides San Francisco

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8 points

Fun fact, the prosecutor I dealt with kicked everything back and said it wasn’t a crime.

And the copmala shit has been debunked for years now.

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We need someone that actually follows the rule of law. So yeah, a prosecutor just might be what we need right now.

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127 points

Trump should just quit now.

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59 points

Everyone is saying it.

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34 points

I’ve been hearing it everywhere, for years even.

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5 points

Some very good people have been saying it.

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48 points

Imagine if they did the same thing and promoted Vance to their nominee. The incumbent VP and respected district attorney vs a right-wing project 2025 nutjob who was only chosen because he was younger than 80.

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15 points

I could live with that.

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11 points

vance’s hairpiece is 80 though.

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2 points

But how old is his herpes?

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Careful, if you mess with their sacred hairpieces there could be hell toupée.

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I wonder how many magabrained would sit out. They really do worship donnie like some kind of god. I wonder if they’d have the same love for JD. I somehow doubt it. The dumb brand that donnie created via that game show he was given did this country a lot of damage…I’m not sure quite so many would be lulled to a zombie state like that for JD, because really, who the fuck is jd? But rappers and so on thought donnie was rich and a badass and banging porn stars and busting into the dressing rooms of teenage pageants and grabbing all kinds of pussy, etc…and so did a whole lot of rubes. No one is rapping about JD.

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Eww, who rapped about Trump in any kind of positive manner?

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Oooh no you don’t. I ain’t letting any of you off the voting hook. Why? Because we have more work to do after we send him off as a Nation. Apart from stopping a likely second coup attempt, I would like us to continue the momentum to enact true positive change through a grassroots movement so large it’ll make old Bernie tear up.

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3 points

He’s old as fuck, let’s hope he dies sooner rather than later.

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Every month I’m amazed he made it to the end.

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52 points

Willing to bet she’ll obliterate him on the debate stage too.

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47 points

Like he’ll actually show up to a debate with Harris

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10 points

He will if he has Covid and thinks he can try to get her sick too.

Like that other time…

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She should grab that orange pussy.

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Trump’s handlers are too smart to let that happen. If it somehow does happen even with their protestations, it will be required watching for me. A 59-year-old mom against Donald Trump? I’ll make popcorn.

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As much as I’d love to see it, I’d bet Trump is too afraid of her to agree to one.

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This is what I’m most excited to see. Biden is a perfectly fine Democrat president but not a particularly great public speaker in terms of politicians. And the age certainly didn’t help. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump decides he doesn’t want to debate like he did back in 2020.

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Harris isn’t a great speaker either tbh, she’s kinda wooden at times.

Certainty better than Joe at this point, but I got spoiled by Bill Clinton and Obama, they were genuinely worth watching.

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Everyone starts calling him Pussy Don. Then he will have no choice. Either be a pussy or man up.

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Commenting so I can look this thread up later

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Coming back to lol at this comment. Lol.

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100 points

After years of disappointment and abject apathy… what is this feeling I’m feeling? Hopeful?

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The temerity to believe?

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Some Black guy in a tan suit had a word for it in the past.

Hope? I think it was Hope. But I can’t be sure, it’s been so long.

Perhaps this is a “New Hope”?

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But he was wearing a tan suit and that’s just sacrilegious.

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3 points

The Audacity of Hope.

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32 points

Do you remember the feeling of hope frodo?

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Po-ta-toe

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Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a styew!

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