AOC with a more mundane explanation for underperforming downballot Democrat campaigns:
I guess you weren't good friends if you let politics of all things break up your friendship. I said it earlier, this political polarization is only hurting regular people like you and giving you absolutely nothing but heartache.I've sadly lost two friends in this election. They have both voted for Trump. And I can't have them in my life.
Why? Because Trump didn't even try to contain the Virus. He didn't warn people. He didn't make mandates. He politicized a deadly virus which we know how he knew was deadly. He said himself, he always wanted to play it down.
And he got up on that stage, knowing how this will kill people, and said it was just going to go away.
He offered snake oil. He knew that it was airborne and that masks could help. And in fact, he disrupted a perfectly good supply chain of PPE and he chose five companies at 'random' to actually stand to make a profit from the virus.
If Trump failed in his ACTUAL attempts to control the virus... I would still have my friends. I wouldn't even mind him winning the election because he tried for the American People. But the truth of the matter is that he saw a hard battle. And he didn't want to feel like he would have made an effort that he would probably lose. So he politicized it, left it up to Americans, so if they failed... they failed. He didn't lose.
I'm pretty sure he means they died, dude.I guess you weren't good friends if you let politics of all things break up your friendship. I said it earlier, this political polarization is only hurting regular people like you and giving you absolutely nothing but heartache.
huh, that was a big stupid mistake of me thenI'm pretty sure he means they died, dude.
One might note the leaders of other nations, who've have different degrees of success, often much greater, at dealing with covid. You might argue that the world's richest nation is at a terrible disadvantage at providing for it's citizens, but even so."Anyone"?
Biden or Clinton likely wouldn't have handled it much differently, but there are plenty out there who could have crushed it.
This may be one of the most remembered elections in US history. not so much for its impact but how insane it's been.3 days and they haven't decided who won, Biden's side hadn't officially declared victory yet. WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE
Even with the Pandemic Trump would have won if he didn't deliberately chose to handle it in the worst way imaginable. Its actually not very hard for leaders to increase their support during a crisis. In most other countries many leaders, even Boris Johnson got a large surge of support regardless of how well they performed. Because they actually made an effort to protect the nation. Whatever the result the electorate could see they were doing their best and many got rewarded for it.Trump didn't cause the pandemic. Without the pandemic, Trump would have won in a landslide. That's not karma, that's genuine misfortune. But I think even a narcissist like Trump would agree that election impacts are the least important downside of a pandemic.
Yes there is. I don't think any other president would have abolished a pandemic response unit just because they hated their predecessor. I don't think other presidents would have downplayed it despite knowing what a big deal it was. I don't think other presidents would have repeatedly undermined medical advice to the public or put their weird son in law in charge and fantasize about not giving help to blue states in order to punish them.No, there's nothing exceptionally different anyone would have done about the pandemic.
Check recent break-downs of voters by groups so far, Trump lost 5 points in relation to Biden with white males (compared to 2016 against Clinton). This is unfathomableEven with the Pandemic Trump would have won if he didn't deliberately chose to handle it in the worst way imaginable. Its actually not very hard for leaders to increase their support during a crisis. In most other countries many leaders, even Boris Johnson got a large surge of support regardless of how well they performed. Because they actually made an effort to protect the nation. Whatever the result the electorate could see they were doing their best and many got rewarded for it.
It is true. Proven by other existing countries that did better with the pandemic.No, there's nothing exceptionally different anyone would have done about the pandemic. I know people are stuck on this idea that Trump did terrible and made lots of people die, but that's not true.
Why? Biden is a white male.Check recent break-downs of voters by groups so far, Trump lost 5 points in relation to Biden with white males (compared to 2016 against Clinton). This is unfathomable
You don't get to be the richest nation on earth under capitalism without treating your citizens as expendable pawns, I guess.One might note the leaders of other nations, who've have different degrees of success, often much greater, at dealing with covid. You might argue that the world's richest nation is at a terrible disadvantage at providing for it's citizens, but even so.
You really don't think 1/20 white male voters would be willing to vote for Biden, a white man, but not Hillary Clinton?Check recent break-downs of voters by groups so far, Trump lost 5 points in relation to Biden with white males (compared to 2016 against Clinton). This is unfathomable
would be epic if white men voted 5 points less to Hillary just because she didn't have a johnIt is true. Proven by other existing countries that did better with the pandemic.
Why? Biden is a white male.
sir, the proper term is willy.would be epic if white men voted 5 points less to Hillary just because she didn't have a john
He did nothing but downplay the gravity of the situation. Still does.No, there's nothing exceptionally different anyone would have done about the pandemic. I know people are stuck on this idea that Trump did terrible and made lots of people die, but that's not true.
Actually, no. They are alive and voted for Trump.I'm pretty sure he means they died, dude.
The famous Obama pandemic playbook is out there. You can read it. It was followed basically exactly.Yes there is. I don't think any other president would have abolished a pandemic response unit just because they hated their predecessor. I don't think other presidents would have downplayed it despite knowing what a big deal it was. I don't think other presidents would have repeatedly undermined medical advice to the public or put their weird son in law in charge and fantasize about not giving help to blue states in order to punish them.
The majority of places that seem to have done better are just counting differently. The places that did do better were places like New Zealand and South Korea that did things that could not be done in America regardless of who is president. If you want to argue the right president could get the American people to buy into South Korean style surveillance, feel free.It is true. Proven by other existing countries that did better with the pandemic.
Europe is going into a second round of lockdowns.The famous Obama pandemic playbook is out there. You can read it. It was followed basically exactly.
The majority of places that seem to have done better are just counting differently. The places that did do better were places like New Zealand and South Korea that did things that could not be done in America regardless of who is president. If you want to argue the right president could get the American people to buy into South Korean style surveillance, feel free.
How's the lockdowns treating you?PA is now blue by 6,000, with 150,000 estimated yet to be counted.
Working from home, where I am absolutely, utterly, hopelessly buried and I am only commenting here just to get some sort of break.How's the lockdowns treating you?