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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 90 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Unlawfully detained for six weeks after being kidnapped off the street by plain-clothes officers for writing an op-ed in her school paper.

But Kamala had a funny laugh.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Not the reason Kamala wasn't elected.

People want change. Kamala did not represent that. We are at a point where people will choose a fucking orange clown NPD if it means change. Dems have to put up or shut up.

This is on them as much as it is on Trump and his followers. Those people always exist. It's on the alternatives in politics to offer a better option. They have not for some time now.

Not to mention that the dems have actively subverted anyone who steps forward to offer said alternative.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still not the reason that Kamela wasn't confirmed.

https://sdvoice.info/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-here-are-the-numbers/

https://youtu.be/UgIay64Obcs

https://youtu.be/t-yr-Mgkhm0

https://electiontruthalliance.org/eta

They stole the election. The proof is right there in the first and last link. The two videos in the middle explain in excruciating detail what the data of the last link is saying.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Really doesn't matter and you're missing the point. I agree there was obvious voter suppression. But it was probably 1% swing at most. She might have squeaked out a win if the math works out in hypotheticals... at the end of the day it doesn't matter.

Point is, she could have easily crushed Trump if she had appealed to a better narrative. She stuck with the status quo and ultimately that was about as equally appealing to voters as fascism...

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