All of the excuses I’m seeing in the comments are a load of bullshit that don’t pass even the most basic scrutiny.
Democrats didn’t just look at Harris’ immigration policies, then decide “Not good enough, so I think I’ll vote for the person who wants to deport brown people en masse.”
Democrats didn’t look at Harris and Biden supporting Israel, then decide “I don’t support the genocide in Gaza, so I’m going to vote for the guy promising to genocide harder! That’ll show 'em!”
Democrats didn’t look at the state of the economy and decide to vote for the guy who’s economic policy was literally “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re … eating the pets!”, brought on a guy who outright said he was going to inflict even more economic hardship on people intentionally, and threaten even more tariffs while clearly having no idea how tariffs actually work.
Democrats spent months saying the old white guy (Biden) needed to go, without regard for the fact that his opponent was another old white guy. Then, when the old white guy stepped aside, Democrats were like “No, not like that!”. And now they’re saying that they’d have gladly voted for an even older white guy (Sanders). Which means that Democrats might have a problem with age, but they’ll gladly vote for an old white guy over a black woman and would rather allow an old white guy to become a dictator before they’d consider voting for one.
But Democrats (at least the ones on here) did decide that Liz Cheney endorsing Harris was the final straw. They had no problems when numerous prominent members of the GOP were endorsing Trump and saying how dangerous the man is, but Liz Cheney – the woman who literally sacrificed her career to stand up to Trump – was the bridge too far. What was the difference between Liz Cheney and the other GOP members that supported Harris? Cheney was the only prominent woman.
And that is where the real issue is. This country is not ready or willing to vote for a woman, particularly a black woman, as President. There are plenty of people who look back at Obama’s presidency and have said “Never again”, not because he was a bad president, but because he was black. Plenty of people who have since openly come out and proudly wear their misogyny like a badge of honor. Latinos, particularly men largely known for their beliefs that they are dominant over women and their refusal to cooperate with authorities, were never going to vote for a black woman prosecutor. And plenty of closet racists who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a black woman so either opted to vote Trump or stay home, and are now just looking for another excuse to justify it.
If Trump had given something even resembling a coherent economic policy, foreign policies meant to actually end the Mideast conflict instead of exacerbating it, or an immigration policy that went beyond “Just deport all the brown people”, then maybe i’d accept that some people voted Trump based on policy, even if I don’t agree with it. But Trump was actively campaigning on making everything exponentially worse, which is why I firmly believe the rest are just excuses for people who don’t want to admit they just didn’t want to vote for a black woman.
This is a very long rambling strawman. People didn’t vote for Trump because Harris moved to the right. They stayed home because Harris moved to the right.
I know you don’t want to admit that moving to the right has hit a wall, but it has.
I know you’re only saying a woman of color can’t win because you want the party to shut out AOC if she decides to run in 2028.
This is a very long rambling strawman. People didn’t vote for Trump because Harris moved to the right. They stayed home because Harris moved to the right.
And in the process, they allowed the entire country to be dragged kicking and screaming even further right. Good job guys, you played yourselves.
I know you don’t want to admit that moving to the right has hit a wall, but it has.
So the solution to that problem is to stay home and allow the country to be pulled even further right. How’s that working out for you?
I know you’re only saying a woman of color can’t win because you want the party to shut out AOC if she decides to run in 2028.
I’m not even going to dignify this comment with a response.
So the solution to that problem is to stay home and allow the country to be pulled even further right. How’s that working out for you?
I voted for Harris. It’s working out pretty shitty for me, because not only do I get the results of a centrist campaign losing, I also get self-righteous lectures from people like you. Now ignore this entire comment and lecture some more. Make sure to continue to assume I didn’t vote for Harris, since you have no argument otherwise.
I’m not even going to dignify this comment with a response.
Responses from you are incapable of bestowing dignity.
All of the excuses I’m seeing in the comments are a load of bullshit that don’t pass even the most basic scrutiny.
Democrats didn’t just look at Harris’ immigration policies, then decide “Not good enough, so I think I’ll vote for the person who wants to deport brown people en masse.”
Democrats didn’t look at Harris and Biden supporting Israel, then decide “I don’t support the genocide in Gaza, so I’m going to vote for the guy promising to genocide harder! That’ll show 'em!”
Democrats didn’t look at the state of the economy and decide to vote for the guy who’s economic policy was literally “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re … eating the pets!”, brought on a guy who outright said he was going to inflict even more economic hardship on people intentionally, and threaten even more tariffs while clearly having no idea how tariffs actually work.
Democrats spent months saying the old white guy (Biden) needed to go, without regard for the fact that his opponent was another old white guy. Then, when the old white guy stepped aside, Democrats were like “No, not like that!”. And now they’re saying that they’d have gladly voted for an even older white guy (Sanders). Which means that Democrats might have a problem with age, but they’ll gladly vote for an old white guy over a black woman and would rather allow an old white guy to become a dictator before they’d consider voting for one.
But Democrats (at least the ones on here) did decide that Liz Cheney endorsing Harris was the final straw. They had no problems when numerous prominent members of the GOP were endorsing Trump and saying how dangerous the man is, but Liz Cheney – the woman who literally sacrificed her career to stand up to Trump – was the bridge too far. What was the difference between Liz Cheney and the other GOP members that supported Harris? Cheney was the only prominent woman.
And that is where the real issue is. This country is not ready or willing to vote for a woman, particularly a black woman, as President. There are plenty of people who look back at Obama’s presidency and have said “Never again”, not because he was a bad president, but because he was black. Plenty of people who have since openly come out and proudly wear their misogyny like a badge of honor. Latinos, particularly men largely known for their beliefs that they are dominant over women and their refusal to cooperate with authorities, were never going to vote for a black woman prosecutor. And plenty of closet racists who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a black woman so either opted to vote Trump or stay home, and are now just looking for another excuse to justify it.
If Trump had given something even resembling a coherent economic policy, foreign policies meant to actually end the Mideast conflict instead of exacerbating it, or an immigration policy that went beyond “Just deport all the brown people”, then maybe i’d accept that some people voted Trump based on policy, even if I don’t agree with it. But Trump was actively campaigning on making everything exponentially worse, which is why I firmly believe the rest are just excuses for people who don’t want to admit they just didn’t want to vote for a black woman.
Had me in the first half not gonna lie
This is a very long rambling strawman. People didn’t vote for Trump because Harris moved to the right. They stayed home because Harris moved to the right.
I know you don’t want to admit that moving to the right has hit a wall, but it has.
I know you’re only saying a woman of color can’t win because you want the party to shut out AOC if she decides to run in 2028.
And in the process, they allowed the entire country to be dragged kicking and screaming even further right. Good job guys, you played yourselves.
So the solution to that problem is to stay home and allow the country to be pulled even further right. How’s that working out for you?
I’m not even going to dignify this comment with a response.
I voted for Harris. It’s working out pretty shitty for me, because not only do I get the results of a centrist campaign losing, I also get self-righteous lectures from people like you. Now ignore this entire comment and lecture some more. Make sure to continue to assume I didn’t vote for Harris, since you have no argument otherwise.
Responses from you are incapable of bestowing dignity.