Because you now did it to yourself.

  • Aiastarei@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Don’t play dumb, she was unpopular with the left and did nothing to help with it. “Eat it up because otherwise it’s trump” doesn’t get you votes.

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      12 days ago

      It wasn’t a good reason not to vote for her, but unfortunately is one of the reasons some people didn’t vote. She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

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        12 days ago

        She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

        The problem with that is that Democrats’ insistence on incrementalism in all things had destroyed their credibility when they say that they’ll help people. No, they’ll start some investigations, throw up a hurdle in their own path, gleefully announce that it’s insurmountable, and then scream that everyone who saw what they just did doesn’t know how government works.

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          12 days ago

          You can’t just ignore how the government works and the fact that Democrats never had a real majority in the Senate thanks to Sinema and Manchin.

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                12 days ago

                You’re ignoring that 2 independents caucus with Democrats. It’s dishonest to exclude them. But you’re splitting hairs because it’s convenient for your excuses.

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                  11 days ago

                  Two independents from conservative states that barely align with democrats. Why do you handwave this away so easily???

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                    11 days ago

                    One of the independents is Bernie Sanders.

                    Manchin and Sinema were both capital-D Democrats at the time they did everything you wanted.

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                    11 days ago

                    THEY DID. Unlike Manchin and Sinema, independents caucused with the party.

                    The Democratic caucus had 50 seats. We gave them the seats. They used them like you wanted.

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      12 days ago

      You can write that all day today and all next week, they still won’t understand.