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    5 months ago

    Democrats aren’t the biggest fans of Israel right now. It’s not independents that matter in his case.

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      5 months ago

      Democrats are very divided on Israel but lots are very pro-Israel. Most American Jews vote Democratic.

      Doesn’t mean they agree with Netanyahu’s handling of Gaza, but pro-Israel nonetheless.

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        5 months ago

        Okay, but lots of Democrats won’t vote for a pro-genocide administration. Someone who volunteered to be a soldier for their regime would have been seen as proof to them that Kamala was just as bad as Biden on Israel.

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          5 months ago

          Wouldn’t have mattered much when the alternative is Trump, which would be a thousand times worse than any candidate the Democrats could come up with.

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            5 months ago

            Not all Democrats will vote blue no matter who and Harris’s pick seems to be an acknowledgement that she can’t afford to piss off the uncommitted movement.