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[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This, Harris wouldn't even lie about helping poor and marginalized people for fear of alienating that oh so coveted moderate Republican demographic.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

moderate Republican demographic.

Yeah.... that was.... an odd choice they keep making.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yep.

However you are 100% right here. Courting R was possibly the worst thing they could have done. I refuse to believe that the outcome would have been worse had they instead embraced progressive domestic policies AND ALSO taken a tougher stance on Israels Gaza genocide.

I'm not even engaging with the Genocide-Joe commenters on this particular issue anymore, they think they changed something for the better today but god knows what. I felt and continue to feel that they threw out the baby with the bathwater. I don't think the Gaza issue did this though. I think it was the immediate rebranding as Republican-lite that Kamala tried, beginning roughly 30 seconds after she announced her candidacy. It earned her nothing with the R vote, and alienated Democrats at multiple points on the spectrum.

And Democrat leadership can go fuck themselves for never having the courage to move left and stand by it.