Rightwing playbooks used in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault on the vice-president
For Barack Obama there was “birtherism” and a name they said sounded like a specific Middle East terrorist. For Hillary Clinton there was “Lock her up” and merchandise that said, “Trump that bitch”, “Hillary sucks but not like Monica” and “Life’s a bitch: don’t vote for one.”
Rightwing playbooks deployed in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault against Vice-President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee aiming to become the first Black woman and first person of south Asian descent to be US president.
“It’s obvious that the Republicans are going to play the race and gender card, which we’ve seen already in some of the attacks on social media,” said Tara Setmayer, a Black woman who is co-founder and chief executive of the Seneca Project, a women-led super political action committee. “It may be catnip for their Maga base but it will be a turnoff for the moderate voters in the battleground states that will determine this election.”
The modern GOP don’t have a platform. They run on grievance. That’s why they’re freaking out about the fact that Joe Biden dropped out. They had been running “against Joe Biden” rather than running a campaign based on a platform or issues.
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Let me help you out.
I mean democrats categorically support unions, support reproductive rights, support protecting the environment… They do have a platform that isn’t “not Republican”. It’s just that republicans know their platform (project 2025 really) is so wildly unpopular they have to focus not on that, they have to focus on tearing down the opposing candidate.
In terms of helping the working class: taxing the wealthy and wealthy corporations more will help the working class. Improving access to low cost / affordable healthcare will help the working class. Having strong unions will help the working class.
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To be fair the Democrats don’t have a platform other than
I’m sorry you’re ignorant. But the good news is that you can actually do something about. Go ahead! Give it a try.
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At least they have an ethos, man.
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Obviously you are not a golfer.
And I suppose you have a viable alternative non-incrementalist approach that is going to be appealing to the majority of voters.
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Take control of the DNC away from the center right and get progressives in charge.
And in your mind does that get more or less votes overall? Does it actually win elections?
Because incredibly, not everyone is progressive. I know, it’s insane to me too. But that’s the unfortunate reality.
No, that’s just ‘‘I’m rubber your glue’’ bullshit. It isn’t so. Just like CNN isn’t FoxNews for Liberals, and there’s absolutely no cult of personality for Unkie Joe, as you can see from him stepping down, and left wing engagement went WAY up.
It’s not enough to simply claim there’s no platform, there is, it’s not just ‘‘Trump bad’’. But to be fair, he is promising to create a dictatorship and end our country in order to remake it in his image.
You’re wrong. Some wisdom for you: If you’re always wrong about something, and only people who hold precisely the exact same viewpoints as you agree, you should consider looking into it yourself. Because the question is no longer whether you’re right, it becomes about who is the most correct, and whether you personally care enough and are brave enough to challenge your own viewpoint.
Yeah, we are a bit of a microcosm here. However, when it comes to people on the left you can at least trust that most of us will go around correcting one another, often to our own detriment.
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Good. The uglier they get, the more people will be turned off. Plenty of people who are racist but don’t consider themselves to be racist do not like the overt racists.
#MAGA already has all the bigots and racists.
Doubling the shit won’t attract more maggots.
MAGA are going to vote for Trump regardless. They’re also only 30% of the country, so he needs more than them to win.
I’m not sure why so many people don’t get that and say things like this.
Despite what many believe on Lemmy, there are also people who only vote Republican for financial reasons and try to ignore the racism and bigotry of the party. I personally know a few that intend to abstain in the fall now.
These are the people that need to see what the GOP actually is. Take the whole mask off GOP, do it.
Yep. Every once in awhile I like to watch some former Trump voters talk about why they won’t vote for him. It’s heartening:
I would expect nothing less from Maga bigots.
I give it a week until I see a shirt about raping her. Disgusting, but expected from them.
Already saw one from MAGA trolls on Xitter about being a sex worker, with a silhouette of her on her knees doing exactly what you think. I don’t know why I ever check back on that site anymore when I’m almost entirely moved over to Mastodon and Lemmy.
Yeah, that’s been their brand for 8 years.
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so, the usual
It doesn’t matter who runs, Republicans will say awful shit.
Hell, they said Biden was a communist with a straight face.
There is zero reason to listen to them
oh please do go on, be as racist and sexist as you can.
No. This isn’t close to worst of the attacks they’re already making, let alone what they could do. It’s a downright deplorable headline.
I wish they wouldn’t but none of these people can stop themselves from being gross creepers.
