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Epstein conspirator Steve Bannon: “We‘re gonna have ICE surround the polls…We’ll never again allow an election to be stolen.” (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think that's accurate.

There was a significant portion of the Democratic base that was dissatisfied with Biden/Harris and made it abundantly clear. Remember when Obama was dispatched to campaign events to lecture young black men? Or when Clinton was dispatched to campaign events to lecture angry Palestinian Americans?

Also, it was a sore point with many voters that Biden was nominated even though the entire Democratic Party seemingly knew he had dementia.

For my part, I think the idea that 'everyone' thought Donald couldn't be re-elected was just because so many consume information only from their algorithm on these shitty corporate platforms like FB/TikTok/Twitter. That algorithm will figure out what you want to see and then construct a reality for you around it, so maybe you saw that Harris was unbeatable.

For my part, I predicted she'd lose. She ran a campaign that was basically opposite that of Mamdani, so it wasn't hard to tell. You can't tell people who are living in storage units and working three jobs just to afford groceries that you won't change anything and expect to win. To become president you have to be the candidate of change. In 2024 (even though he was lying about everything) that candidate was Donald.