President Joe Biden on Sunday ticked through a list of reasons he says a second Donald Trump presidency would be a “nightmare” for the country as he urged Nevada Democrats to vote for him in the state’s presidential primary this week and for his party at large in November.

Biden opened a campaign swing with a fundraiser where he focused on Trump’s ample history of provocative statements — his description of Jan. 6 rioters as “hostages,” his musing about a former top military officer deserving execution, his branding of fallen soldiers as “suckers” and “losers,” his wish to be a Day One “dictator,” his vow to supporters that “I am your retribution,” and more.

Then it was on to a community center in a predominantly Black section of Las Vegas, where he told his crowd of several hundred that “you’re the reason we’ll make Donald Trump a loser again.”

Biden said the stakes were huge when he took on Trump in 2020 — “what made America America, I thought, was at risk’ — and they are even larger now as a likely rematch looms.

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    9 months ago

    I don’t think Republicans care about what Trump did. Trump is the favorite to win the republican nomination and its not even close. And Republicans sure as shit aren’t voting for Biden.

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      I think he’s trying to get swing and less like to vote votes, not appeal to the loony party

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      There is a growing group of never-Trump Republicans that have already stated that they will vote for Biden if Trump wins the nomination. The party at the top though is on board 100% though as they see Trump as their ticket to power, and none of them actually want to believe he will gut the party if he wins since he will no longer need them post election.

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      Well that’s exactly the point. Why waste time and energy on a lost cause? It’s equally as absurd that there are swing voters to me, but hey, some people don’t even know an election is happening soon.

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        Elections are decided by swing voters.

        40% will always vote down their line regardless of what is presented to them. Those few thousand people willing to switch sides will always determine the path of the country, which is why such enormous resources are sent to court them.

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          I would say it’s a combination of swing voters and voter turnout. Some people can be convinced to switch sides, and others just need to be convinced to participate.

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      Trump is the favorite to win the republican nomination and its not even close.

      Trump is also leading against Biden in poll after poll now, so they don’t see any reason to switch horses.