The point is identity politics are not the core failure of Harris. Her economic policy was garbage. Her Palestine policy was garbage. She had over a billion dollars in her war coffers and people are out here blaming her gender and/or ethnicity as the primary failure but that's divorced from reality
I didn’t say identity politics was the “core failure of Harris” but you’re delusional if you think her race and gender didn’t play a significant part. I said “bullshit” to all that nonsense about her policies being garbage.
Tax breaks for small business owners and first time home buyers are not good economic policy. In 2025, being against the current Israeli regime is an 80/20 issue. Not counter messaging against insane immigration policy is unacceptable. I don't know why you act like any of that is not relevant.
Lol why aren’t tax breaks for small business owners and first time home buyers good economic policy?? None of that is relevant because she was running against a twice-impeached authoritarian who tried to overthrow an election and whose poor handling of a global pandemic led to a million dead
Housing based tax breaks do not help get loans. They don't help people who are struggling to pay current mortgages. They don't help homeless people get off the streets. Small business tax breaks don't help people who aren't small business owners. Economic policy should appeal to a broad audience.
Economic policies aren’t single pronged because our economy is vast and diverse. Small business owners can benefit from tax relief and need it a hell of a lot more than the billionaires Trump is giving them to. Harris’ plan included $25k down payment assistance to first time home buyers,
And capping drug costs among other things. She wouldn’t have dismantled the existing social safety net or put tariffs on everything Americans buy. What did Trump or a non-vote offer Americans?
Americans. But sure, dissect her policy points while we’re up against fascism. Yeah, that’s what matters. 🙄
We are talking about electoral politics right now and why Harris failed. We aren't talking about ramifications. Dems have been running on defensive voting tactics for too long and unless you give someone something to vote FOR then you're going to impact your base. Trump's base got red meat.
God help this country if you need a 50 page policy document on why we shouldn’t elect a gd fascist. Ya’ll think this is a game and that we’re living in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. In real life, you vote for the best person running and in 2024, that person was Kamala Harris.
You shouldn't be forced to constantly vote for harm reduction. That finally caught up to the Dems in November of 2024. The failure of the Obama administration, the institutional rejection of Sanders in 2016 and 2020, and the failure of Harris compounds the problem with harm reduction further.
Your stance sounds really privileged tbh.
When the harm is existential, you damn well better vote for harm reduction. You want better candidates? Volunteer, run, donate at the local level and in primaries. In the general election, you vote for the best candidate running. That’s the way it works in a country of 350 million people & 50 states
Like I said, if you preferred a child rapist with an IQ of 20 that's gonna cause the biggest depression in history, you got what you wanted. Congrats! You avoided the woman. You da man.
I think it's really weird that you imply that my critique of Harris means I think Trump is somehow valid. This is a terrible centrist liberal talking point it's one of the prime examples of why the Democratic Party is flailing around right now.
Centrist liberal talking point, my ass. The ONLY choices in November was Harris or an authoritarian. Americans failed because we think social media is news and allow opinions to be formed by likes and followers. You blaming Harris’ policies and “centrist talking points” doesn’t change that.
So you're saying they stayed home cuz they would get genocide with harris? But with trump you get accelerated genocide and trump plaza gaza. I guess you must be looking forward to those ocean views?
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