• Carvex@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “it’S uP to tHe stAtEs”

    “When I’m president, I’ll make those states not be able to choose” -Tim Scott, black man for president who thinks his party doesn’t call him that word behind closed doors.

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      Some people simply have no morals or ethics whatsoever, so they align with a party full of like-minded people who find that person to be a useful idiot while simultaneously hating everything about them. It’s that kind of dirty back-room dealing and self-interested politicking that is one of the cornerstones of the GOP. He knows they’re racist, but he helps the party and they’ll help him gain power and cover up his corruption and incompetence.

      And when they all lose, they get to jockey for positions either in congress or on the cable news circuit with Fox, Newsmax, and OANN.

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    “Shit, Ohio went +14% to protect abortion?”

    “Quick, keep saying insane shit about abortion that only digs a deeper hole!”

    It cracks me up that they can’t stop themselves from just reinforcing how bad they are about abortion. You’ve got strategists and some Republicans saying they have to moderate their tone, and then all the primary candidates lie through their teeth about abortion lmao

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    It’s so funny watching these losers debate for a chance to be something they will never be. It’s such a waste of resources the stages being built, the travel, the power for the whole show. Such a waste.

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    You literally cannot trust a word any of these clowns say. After Roe was struck down they said “we’ll just leave it up to the states” and now that a majority of Americans are making it clear state by state that they want the right to control their own bodies they’ve once again changed their tune.

    “This is why a pure democracy doesn’t work”

    i.e. let’s subvert the will of the people. Trump tried and failed to do it too. I’m beginning to believe the worst words you could possibly hear from someone’s mouth is “I’m a conservative”

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    Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News asked the five presidential hopefuls how they see their party’s path forward on the issue of abortion, given that they keep losing elections over their attacks on women’s reproductive rights. Most doubled down on their opposition to abortion, and then made nonsensical claims about Democrats advocating for no restrictions on abortion in any scenario.

    The moderators did nothing to call them out for it, either.

    “Let’s just be clear,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “The Democrats have taken a position they will not identify the point at which there should be any protection, all the way up until birth. That is wrong and we cannot stand for that.”

    “I am 100% pro-life … I would certainly, as president of the United States, have a 15-week national limit,” said Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.). “I would not allow California, Illinois or New York to have abortion up until the day of birth.”

    Scott went on to say he thinks “it’s unethical and immoral to allow for abortions up until the day of birth,” which, to be clear, is not something that anybody is calling for, anywhere.

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        We all need to know, who wore the heels better and who was the tallest? Also, bonus points for incoherent answers to arm only interpretive dancing!

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          Shit, when Ramasmarmy mentioned 3 inch heels, my first thought was DeSantis, not the woman actually wearing heels.

          Just goes to show how ridiculous our political system has gotten.

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    Ah, the fifth column doing exactly what they’re paid to do: create a narrative in line with corporate billionaires’ talking points. Eg: breed more disposable wage slaves.

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    11 months ago

    Place these guys in a different country and we call them stupid … conversely, most developing countries world call them average.