I was going to vote for Johnson (I live in Cali, so, whatever) but my SO promised to be extremely pissed at me if I voted for Johnson and Trump won. Johnson got a lot of grief for the Aleppo gaffe (meanwhile you had Trump increasing the shit/air density every time he opened his mouth) but he was IRL an extremely reasonable candidate and an extremely reasonable platform compared to the alternatives.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I've met Johnson in person and I'm afraid to say he's the exact same business conservative politician you get all over the Southwest, with a libertarian veneer to match.

All he cares about is deregulation as a panacea and tax cuts as a corporate bailout. You'd very likely see the same kind of DOGE cuts and tariffs we're getting today, if we'd lived under a 2017 Johnson presidency.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Ah. That's very disappointing to hear. Thank you!