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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (59 children)

Pretty obvious to anyone who observed it:

  1. Biden held on too long making it impossible to run a proper primary.

  2. Harris wasn't allowed to differentiate herself from Biden.

Time of Death: October 8th, 2024:

https://youtube.com/shorts/SJRk5PV588Q

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (31 children)
  1. people dont like unwaivering support for genocidal Israel
[–] Switorik@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't understand this one. Both sides seem to support this?

[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump ran explicitly on ending the “war”. A lot of people knew it was bullshit but some people held out hope and voted for him.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except he was always vaguely hinting that by end the war he meant give Isreal everything they wanted therefore "ending" the war. Same with Russia and Ukraine.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

True, but vague hinting doesn't tend to find its way to the headlines and newscast sound bytes that are the extent of information that an abysmally large portion of persuadable voters receive and base their vote on.

That's a BIG part of why Trump has ever been the least bit successful in spite of being an obvious fraud to anyone paying even slightly close attention.

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