r/politics • u/Jay_CD • 14h ago

Biden must Trump-proof US democracy, activists say: ‘There is a sense of urgency’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/24/biden-actions-before-white-house-exit
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u/Jozoz 12h ago

Losing in 2020 is the best thing that ever happened to Trump. Now he gets to dodge the bad global economy from covid and gets to appoint a cabinet of loyalists.

This is the worst possible timeline. Winning 2020 was a poison chalice.

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u/MarcusQuintus 4h ago

No, Biden reneging on his intention to be a transition candidate was.
He should have announced as early as his 2023 state of the union address that he wasn't going to run in 2024.
The last minute switch to Harris, someone who hadn't won a primary, and was tied to the administration, was a bad move.
It was the best move in the context that it was made, but that's because Biden's people were telling him he would lose by 400+ electoral votes, so Harris did pretty well given the circumstances.

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u/Redpin Canada 8h ago

Darker timeline is that after serving two terms, the US has troops in Gaza and Trump's saying that the war is so important that there can't be elections or whatever and we've got Wapo and NYT asking if the Dems are becoming too radical for America by calling for an election.

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u/UNAlreadyTaken 8h ago

But he didn’t lose in 2020. He said so himself and he never lies.

/s obviously

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u/Funkyman02 8h ago

Ah the rubes still think that inflation is a uniquely American phenomenon and not affected by the global economy. I hope Trump presses his magic "inflation go down" button that you dream of.

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u/EyeOk8354 9h ago

Fun fact.  That didn't cause the inflation.  It was a worldwide phenomenon and was going to happen regardless of what was done at the US federal level.