• Dragonstaff@leminal.space
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    14 hours ago

    If a hundred million of your constituents are asking you to do something, fucking do it. A candidate can tell their base to shut up, but expecting them to still turn out, as we just saw, is a fantasy.

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      14 hours ago

      The majority of people shitting on dems were not dem constituents. They were Republicans. An unfortunate number were dems but far from a majority, going by primary results for the last two decades.

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        11 hours ago

        There’s a lot of cocky talk from you about majorities from someone bemoaning an electoral defeat across the board.

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          9 hours ago

          Look at this dude, proudly declaring the left’s defeat to Republicans. You some kind of conservative?