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Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing
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They thought voting was Kamala was 'being made to toe the party line', and as red blooded Americans, nobody fucking tells them what to do. It was never about keeping the orange buffoon out of power so he could continue fucking things up again. Utter foolishness. But they, saved Gaza, I think.
If the DNC wanted Trump to lose they wouldn't have thrown the election yet again by choosing the worst possible candidates to back. Look at what they did in NYC in a race that had far fewer consequences. They wanted to back the Republican ally Adams and billionaire failed politician Cuomo before the voters made it clear they wanted Mamdani.
Just because the Republican party is dogshit doesn't mean the DNC is the good guy. We don't live in a comic-book movie.
The Democratic leadership are adherents of a negative peace: Order before justice. They don't care about evil, just whether or not their profitable boat is getting rocked.
Yeah the DNC chair Ken Martin recently stated as much:
They only care about winning at this point not ideology or principles. If they think beating immigrants in the streets and backing ten more genocides will win them elections, then that's exactly what they'll do and they aren't even ashamed to admit it.
And now we've seen the results of the presidency: all these fools can do is cope about how Harris would have been just as bad. Like bro just take your L and admit you let your passion lead you to a poor decision and poor outcomes for the people you claim to care about. Instead of losing funding to Israel, they lost foreign aid for Palestine. Net negative effect of that vote would be enough for me to look in the mirror and end my shit: if I thought that was the most important issue of our time. I certainly would have too much shame to show up on the internet and pretend like I cared and am helping a cause.
It's like a person who takes a vow of non violence because of religion, then faces a situation where something, or someone they claim to 'love' is being threatened. Then they proceed to do nothing and watch as the thibg/ person they love is repeatedly violated. Then wonder why everyone is calling them impotent, weak, pathetic and cowardly, instead of praising them for their principle and virtue. Smfh.
Weak, cowardly, impotent, pathetic. Nice to see the president still exemplifies the virtues of the majority.