this thread is full of people placing blame on everyone except the people who actually voted for trump. face the facts: the democrats could have put caucasian jesus on the ticket and trump would still have won.

          • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.eeEnglish
            22·
            2 months ago

            and as awful as trump is, he wasn’t even the worst part of his campaign or his administration. Metaphorically speaking, America voted a rabid feral jackal, but what’s really gonna fuck us are the fleas hiding in its mangy, matted, filthy coat and the parasites teeming in its guts.

            • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todayEnglish
              11·
              2 months ago

              It still would be a mistake and would prevent some people from voting for him, but Bernie would at least compensate for it by actually supporting popular policies instead of the opposite and have some energy.

        • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          A lot of people out there disagreeing with this, saying Josh Shapiro (PA Governor) would have been a better choice, and helped lock down PA.

          • 5C5C5C@programming.devEnglish
            14·
            2 months ago

            She would have lost Michigan and Wisconsin by even larger margins if she went with Shapiro instead of Walz.

        • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          2 months ago

          There’s a pretty good argument this too was a mistake given what happened in PA. At least one swing state might have been saved…

      • Lwaxana Troi@startrek.websiteOPEnglish
        55·
        2 months ago

        “I have a secret plan to defeat trump in 100 days” - everyone on the internet

        y’all need to face the facts that the democrats could have ran a white jesus christ and it wouldnt have moved the needle

    • Lwaxana Troi@startrek.websiteOPEnglish
      68·
      2 months ago

      the first mistake: they tried to run against a fascist bigot (america loves voting for these)

      the second mistake: something so minor and inconsequential that it would gained .001% more votes (lefties will debate what this was forever)

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        something so minor and inconsequential that it would gained .001% more votes

        It’s actually closer to 16% and I would definitely not call it inconsequential given that Trump won this election with several million votes less than he got in 2020 when he lost.