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The left is disconnected with working class people.
The left is disconnected from reality
The left is disconnected with working class people.
Lmao I don’t watch the Young TurksOh are you joining the 'The Young Turks and every other left wing outfit who criticizes The Party is actually right wing' conspiracy cult? Cool.
Kamala did not separate herself from this current admin. When asked if she would do anything different on The View, she said no.
that right there shows you were she stands without bringing those things up specifically. She’s ok with men competing against women in sports. She’s ok with men being incarcerated with women. She’s ok with a Supreme Court justice who doesn’t know what a fucking woman is.
She’s ok with illegals swarming the border and getting free housing/debit cards as their reward.
Etcetera and cetera
She got progressively worse every time she answered that question
And DUDE!! There has to be a Tell All Book from an insider about the intense hatred between Kamala and the Bidens. It was palpable at times
lol... Jill giving Kamala the death stare and Kamala won't even acknowledge her
US national debt at the end of 2016 was $19.6 trillion. At the end of Trump's term in 2020 it was $26.9 trillion. It is currently sitting at $35.9 trillion.
Your math doesn't add up.
so how are the libs adapting to this reality?and makes them view us libs as snotty and arrogant—they don’t like to be told that they don’t make sense, or be “libsplained” to even when they are clearly acting on low information or wrong information.
She got progressively worse every time she answered that question
And DUDE!! There has to be a Tell All Book from an insider about the intense hatred between Kamala and the Bidens. It was palpable at times
lol... Jill giving Kamala the death stare and Kamala won't even acknowledge her
People think the debt rose too much under Biden. More debt was generated in Trump's first term than will have been generated under Biden both in total dollars and as a percentage of increase. It was the greatest debt increase in dollars of any single term ever, and represented a 40% increase in a single term.
But the Democrats didn't bother to make sure voters understood that.
This was Election 2024: Our Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts.
Those top reasons are interesting to see.
Inflation too high? It went from 9-ish% down to 2.4%. And wages actually kept up, as they went up 19% under Biden.
Jobs? We added 17 million.
Debt too high? Even if you exclude COVID relief, Trump’s debt was significantly higher than Biden. Trump had 4.8 trillion in non-COVID debt, while Biden had 2.2. In fact, even if you add in COVID relief for Biden, he’d still have less than Trump’s non-COVID relief debt (that would bring Biden up to 4.2). That data is from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal a budget.
I can agree that Biden should’ve done more to strengthen the border before rescinding Trump’s policies, but that did get corrected and border crossings were at their lowest point in his presidency last month. We were on track as of a few months ago to match Trump’s number of deportations.
Kamala being too focused on trans stuff and not the middle class is really interesting to me, as I watched quite a few Kamala speeches and looked at her platform, and I didn’t really see that at all. I saw a lot of Republican attack ads that accused her of that, but I didn’t get that from her really. She talked about the middle class so much that “I was raised in a middle class family” became a meme. And irrespective of that, I am not sure why voting in a billionaire who isn’t middle class, has never been middle class, and didn’t do anything for the middle class when he was POTUS, would be a sensible solution.
But none of this shit matters if people “feel” differently. I do think Dems didn’t do a great job of communicating these things, and Kamala totally flubbed when asked if she would do anything differently than Biden. It’s perfectly fine to acknowledge that we could’ve done more to protect the border and then discuss what’s been done since, or to acknowledge that we could maybe have brought inflation down quicker.
Edit: I also don’t think we—especially me—understood the vast reach that some of these right wing wingnut podcasts have. The information war is one we are losing badly, and that will be a big issue for years to come unless it’s addressed.
Look at Kamala's answer to the trans question of whether they should get gender affirming care.
Does some wishy washy non-answer of "Follow the law" instead of just saying yes or no.
Refuses to take a real stance. If she was asked about abortion and women's choice she would 100% not say "Follow the law."
This I agree with. There are definitely ways to answer that question in which she acknowledges that certain things could have been done better without totally trashing Biden, and also while differentiating herself. She flubbed those questions hardcore.
Yeah. It's an attempt at being moderate on the issue, but it is a weak answer. No trans person is going to feel supported by that, and no bigot is going to be reassured either.
I think it would be 1000x more effective to say "This is a free country. You're all adults. You and your doctor can figure out what's best for you without the federal government interfering".
I don't think that answer alienates anyone. It's libertarian, it's respectful, and it's not specifically pandering. More importantly it's right. WTF do Kamala or Trump, or your congressman know about treatment protocols.
Walz came closer with "Mind your own damned business". He's a much better communicator than her.
I'd even appreciate if she was dismissive in a better way:
Want to know why debt went up? It was almost all in 2020 when everyone, Blue or Red, decided that they needed to distribute massive handouts to Americans
No it wasn't.
Historical debt outstanding was 20.244 at the beginning of his term and 28.428 at the end. That's an 8.184 trillion increase working out to 40.43%.
These are budgets that he presided over not residual spending from the Obama administration that he had no sway over but happened the day he was sworn in.
US Debt by President | Chart & Per President Deficit | Self.
Here’s how much each President has contributed to National Debt, including decisions, events and statistics.www.self.inc
Historical Debt Outstanding | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
Historical summary of the U.S. government’s total outstanding debt at the beginning of each fiscal year.fiscaldata.treasury.gov
Going over it again, I may have under represented Joe's 24-25 fiscal year though. It will still be one of the smaller increases as a % of growth, but it will probably turn out to be a larger number in dollars.
Regarding other libs, I couldn’t tell you, I’ve taken a bit of a news break.so how are the libs adapting to this reality?
that's unmanageable for any cohesive long term ideology.Americans are largely one-issue voters.
You really think the whole "this is between you and your doctor" thing is the answer that America is looking for? You've gotta be pretty out of touch to think that, considering how off putting of a non answer that is on abortion.
If you go in to get treated for a bacterial infection, there is no need for the government to get involved because liberal and conservative ideologies have nothing to do with that and will not cause your doctor to treat or mistreat you based on their political leanings.
If you go in to start your kid on puberty blockers because you're a leftist that has been radicalized by propaganda and you've convinced your child that they are the opposite gender, all you need to do is align yourself with a doctor who has similar ideological beliefs and now your poor kid is subjected to gender reassignment drugs when they are completely unnecessary. There is no blood test for this. It's simply a parent and doctor talking to a child and if that child does not want to disappoint their parent who has made it clear to them that they are the opposite gender, then they are going to repeat that nonsense to the doctor..
The same thing goes for abortion. It's not between a woman and a doctor because there is another life form inside of that mother's stomach. We need the government to rule on that and compromise because we have people who think an abortion from day 1 is bad and we have people who think that abortion seconds before the child is born is okay. A woman and a doctor do not get to decide between them if the life of the fetus has value or not.
This is 1000000% correctShe couldn't offer support for the trans issues because her campaign knows it's super unpopular to the general public.
But if she disavows it, the lunatic far left will have an aneurysm.
Crystal from breaking points just spent 20 minutes yelling at Saggar because the issue so unimportant that she doesn't care about it at all. But she yelled for 20 minutes every time he said anything about it in criticism of the trans agenda.
It mirrored exactly what happens here on sherdog. The Democrats don't care at all about this issue but they get vehemently shitheaded about it and closed-minded if you bring it up even a little bit.
They wonder why you care so much while they argue in bad faith and obviously from a place of emotion. If you bring up any contrary opinions to the lock step left wing agenda.
And then they wonder why so many people are turned off by the insanity on the left.
Watch this segment for a microcosm of how the whole entire national discussion goes with the left people being emotional, irrational and unwilling to listen because they're so sure they're right
When you ask them to discuss intelligently Kathleen Stock or Helena and Joyce's positions on the matter they've never heard of these people and are sure they're bigots even though both of them are women,.one is a lesbian,.and one has gay children, and they're both on the left!!!
LOLlibsplaining