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It's literally 2016 but worse somehow.

One source close to the Harris campaign tells Rolling Stone they reached out to several staffers in and around the campaign to voice concerns about the candidate embracing Dick and Liz Cheney.

“People don’t want to be in a coalition with the devil,” says the source, speaking about Dick Cheney. They say a Harris staffer responded that it was not the staff’s role to challenge the campaign’s decisions.

A Democratic strategist says they warned key Harris surrogates and top-level officials at the Democratic National Committee that campaigning with Liz Cheney — and making the campaign’s closing argument about how many Republicans were supporting Harris — was highly unlikely to motivate any new swing voters, and risked dissuading already-despondent, infrequent Democratic voters who had supported Biden in 2020. The strategist says they also attempted to have big donors and battleground state party chairs convey the same argument to the Harris campaign.

Another Democratic operative close to Harrisworld says they sent memos and data to Harris campaign staffers underscoring how, among other things, Republican voters, believe it or not, vote Republican — and that the data over the past year screamed that Democrats instead needed to reassure and energize the liberal base and Dem-leaning working class in battleground states. “We were told, basically, to get lost, no thank you,” says the operative.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I think the real answer is all of the above. Biden waited too long to drop out, which didn't give enough time to properly hold a primary. This resulted in Harris being nominated with no way to gauge how popular she would be. She then ran a terrible campaign spending too much time courting moderate Republicans. This resulted in progressives being disillusioned and not voting. Her stance on Israel and Gaza turned away Arab voters who also didn't vote. All of this combined together to pave the way for a second Trump presidency.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

no way to gauge how popular she would be

Her approval ratings have always been trash. We were well versed in who she would be.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

She actually went to the primary on a decently progressive platform (for a Democrat). Then she ran for president as center right standard Democrat.

That interview where they asked her what would be different if she won versus Biden, and she said she couldn't think of a thing. That fucking ruined her.

Not a thing will change. Not a single change. Nobody thought to coach her on the most obvious question to ask or they told her the winning line was to stick with the guy who had to drop out?

I'm so fucking sad and sick. Arm yourselves before it's too late.

I wouldn't put it past day one dictator and project 2025 that he's never heard of to immediately put a stop to weapons sold to anyone that doesn't qualify.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been armed and fully trained for a number of years, they won't put a restriction on sale of weapons, That might be viewed as a constitutional violation. What they will do is put a restriction on the sale of ammunition. Or there will be extreme 'shortages'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Damn, literally the chris rock antigun strategy.

In character for the USA though. Freedom! (if you are rich).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I like (hate) the way you think.

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