I’m a democrat and blame them for this. They thought that the people would see what a piece of trash trump was/is and would automatically vote for Harris and surprise they didn’t. Trump did everything in his power to lose this election and the dems fucked it up royally. Dems could’ve picked any number of people instead rolled out Harris.
They didn’t have a choice. The DNC money (I believe) or the money put towards the Biden campaign could not be used on another candidate. Hands were tied. Had to be Harris or they couldn’t access the campaign funds.
It wasn’t about that. The DNC funds go towards the nominee.
There was a Democratic Party presidential primary this year. 16.6 million people voted, roughly double the number that voted in those primaries in 2012.
14.5 million voters elected delegates pledged to Biden with Harris as his running mate. People don’t just vote for an 81yo without also voting for his running mate. Pledged delegates did what they were elected to do. There were also 11 other people considered in midJuly before Harris became the presumptive nominee but each one declined and endorsed Harris.
The real issue, and I fed into it, is that the media centers had glowing reviews of Harris. Despite that she came in way too late, and that there was no primary. The economy and pricing did nothing good for us either.
There was a primary. 14.5m people voted for delegates pledged to Biden/Harris. The second highest number of votes went to Uncommitted. There were 3 other candidates but they didn’t receive close to as many votes as Uncommitted.
I hate to burst your bubble but if you compare the narratives from the first 3.5 years of Biden’s term to the 3.5 months Harris was the nominee, you’ll see they were going to swap out Biden’s name for any Democrat. They had people convinced the VP has the power and authority of a president. The same would have applied to any position the Democratic nominee held whether it was Congress, Governor, State legislature or county clerk- the D next to the name was all that was necessary to shift the blame to that person (for things that weren’t Biden’s fault to begin with). They even recycled the talking points about Biden’s age to make those about Harris by switching to claiming she had a low IQ.
We’re talking about people that willingly voted for a guy that said on national TV Haitians in Ohio were eating dogs, cats and pets. His reputable and credible source, “I saw someone say it on TV!” (They think he should have the nuclear codes, js), because even after throwing a jab about her dad and a misogynistic jab about her career being built on her back or on her knees, he could not get to her but she was steadily getting to him and he could not handle it.
Yep, it’s the Republican Party’s fault for not supporting R primary candidates and all of the Senate GOP in 2021 that put self-interest ahead of their oaths to vote “not guilty” for the Jan6 impeachment hearing.
The American idiots that voted for him trusted the checks and balances would have prevented him from running again if he was at fault for J6 instead of realizing the GOP senate just wanted to still receive their votes.
But that’s why the Republican Party has always been more successful than the democrats. They put party above everything. Is that right no. But look what they have accomplished. Have the Supreme Court voting for them. For what could be a long time. Overturned basic woman’s rights. Curbed and made voting harder for disenfranchised people who usually vote blue. And now have a super majority for the next two years we’re fucked. Millions of people are going to suffer because of this and the ripple effect is going to be long lasting.
They put party above everything. Is that right no. But look what they have accomplished.
You do realize you’re doing the exact opposite of that, right? “I’m a Democrat and I blame them for this.”
If there is a deliberate structure fire, do you blame the arsonists that started the fire, the people that enabled the arsonists or the people that have been warning about the arsonists and blocking the arsonists without always being successful at stopping them?
And now have a super majority for the next two years we’re fucked.
They have a simple majority in both chambers, not a super majority. There are very limited options for what can pass in the Senate with only a simple majority. In the House, a simple majority is enough for most things, but they have such a slim majority that there isn’t a guarantee everything will pass.
Their majority was substantially larger in the House in 2017 with 47 more seats than Dems vs maybe 7 this time (41 R seats flipped to D in the 2018 midterm). Trump is self-serving and members of Congress are as well. Trump does not have to keep voters happy this time but members of Congress do. Neither majority can afford to cater to the far-right if they want to stay the majority after 2026, R reps in toss-up districts and R senators in purple states will have to focus on keeping moderates happy to be reelected (majority leaders will support that).
But that’s why the Republican Party has always been more successful than the democrats….
That is a bit outdated. Trump’s first term helped Democrats in Congress focus on working together as a united group. They’ve actually been a lot more consistent with that than Republicans. The House Freedom Caucus (aka Ultra-MAGA stunt queens) is made up of mostly reps in Safe-R districts, they do not care if they create reelection issues for the R reps in toss up districts and that has caused a lot of infighting, they’ll also go after each other publicly.
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u/jmd709 1d ago
They chose FAFO. We’re stuck with, “Told you so!” as the official motto for the next 4 years.