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Democrats need to pull themselves together and remember: Biden is still better than Trump (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 8 months ago by jhymesba@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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While rebutting another post here on Lemmy, I ran into this. This says exactly what I want to say.

I am not a friend of Biden's Administration. I think they drug their feet over a variety of things ranging from holding Trump and his goons accountable for January 6th through rulemaking on issues like OTC Birth Control and abortion rights, and yes, I think he's too quick to please big business. But then I remember what the alternative is, and ... well, disappointed in Biden or not, I'm voting for him. Because my wife is a Black bisexual goth woman, four strikes under Team Pepe's tent. And I have my own strikes for marrying her as a White dude, and respecting her right to not have kids since she doesn't want them is another strike against me. And I care about my Non-Christian, Gay, Transgender, and Minority friends, and will never willingly subject them to Team Pepe.

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[-] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I find myself having to repeat this over and over.

Consider the context of the OP.

Would Trump be better on this front?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

I had a much better time with a Trump/Pelosi government than I'm having with a Biden/Johnson government. If nothing else, watching him get impeached again would be more entertaining than arguing over how much nerve gas to send to the Israelis.

[-] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I asked if Trump would be better on climate and you attempted a pivot but you're not gonna bullshit me.

You're not serious so I'm out.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

I asked if Trump would be better on climate

If you want to go hard on the numbers, Trump's pandemic was the best thing to happen to the climate since the early Obama Administration investment in green energy.

Joe Biden has seen nothing but emissions growth since he took office. The benefits of the Infrastructure Act remain speculative at best. But shutting down air travel for months and curtailing business activity nationally for the better part of two years? Possibly the greatest act of Degrowth committed in the United States since the Civil War.

You’re not serious so I’m out.

Democrats have all been on board with Crypto investments and AI expansion, both of which have been voracious consumers of domestic energy and water reserves. Republicans consistently tank the Tech sector while in office.

If you care about climate change, bankrupting Silicon Valley would be a great place to start.

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