• Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    I have NO idea why the democrats chose Harris as the nominee. The country wouldn’t vote for a white woman last time. You REALLY think they’re going to vote for a woman of colour? REALLY? And then a bunch of them didn’t. As predicted.

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      7 days ago

      I have NO idea why the democrats chose Harris as the nominee.

      Well, that’s the thing: they didn’t. She didn’t win the primary, Biden did; and Biden won because there was no opposition. My ballot had two choices: “Joe Biden” and “Uncommitted”. I voted Uncommitted.

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      8 days ago

      Biden made hay about selecting a Black Woman as vise President. That is declaring her heir apparent.

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          8 days ago

          I’m saying that more people voted for Hillary Clinton than her male opponent, which flatly contradicts the claim that people wouldn’t vote for a woman. But let me ask the question: If the GOP nominated Kristi Noem as its candidate for president in 2028, would you rest assured that she couldn’t win because of misogyny?

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            7 days ago

            That is true, but I will add that most people I knew that voted for Hillary also did not like her.

            The people will vote for women, but a disturbing amount are unhappy about it. I don’t even like Hilary, but people were more biased against her than Biden for what feels like manufactured reasons to me.

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              7 days ago

              The right wing propaganda machine had been at work on Hillary since even before Bill was elected President in '92, so that could certainly explain it.