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David Forester @arborscientiae.bsky.social

I assume you mean who won the election in 2020, because Trump was actually the president for the entirety of the calendar year. Biden didn't take office until late January 2021.

aug 11, 2025, 12:51 am • 2 0

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social

Nope, my wording was intentional, and your (correct) response is actually very diagnostic of your politics!

aug 11, 2025, 1:17 am • 0 0 • view
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David Forester @arborscientiae.bsky.social

Thanks?

aug 11, 2025, 1:23 am • 1 0 • view
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David Forester @arborscientiae.bsky.social

I feel like it's mainly diagnostic of my basic awareness of how presidential elections work in this country, as well as my awareness that there was some amount of controversy over who "actually" won. Also, there is some subset of people who would get the question right with incorrect reasoning.

aug 11, 2025, 1:28 am • 2 0 • view
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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social

There is an extraordinary mass amnesia about 2020, with a LOT of people on the right attributing events and policies (covid lockdowns, BLM protests, etc) to Biden. It isn't even in bad faith, they genuinely forget that Trump was in office for the entire year.

aug 11, 2025, 2:04 am • 1 0 • view
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David Forester @arborscientiae.bsky.social

For sure, just like happened with Obama and 9/11, but even more widespread.

aug 11, 2025, 2:14 am • 1 0 • view