• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Well VPs traditionally will say the things the President can’t say publicly for geopolitical reasons. Harris may have been saying the things the Biden was thinking but couldn’t directly say while actively negotiating with Netanyahu. Can’t be sure but it’s a more likely scenario than her going rogue against someone on the same ticket as her.

      Doesn’t matter now, but more for future reference. If a future President Harris isn’t saying what you want her to say on foreign policy issues but her VP is, you’ll know what’s up.

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      3 months ago

      She’s one of the reasons if someone were to kill you they wouldn’t be able to use ‘i panicked’ as a defense.

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        Unless they’re a cop. Then it’s the defense they go to and can never be convicted under unless we have them on video calmly shooting the handcuffed guy in the back of the head.

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          And even then, bootlickers will be like “he was clearly reaching for the cop’s gun!”

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        She has a really checkered record wrt trans stuff altogether. I’m concerned.

        She’s better than Trump but a significant step down from Biden in terms of most of the things I care about which makes her a concerning pick, combined with the fact that she performs worse in polling (if that was the main concern). I hope I’m wrong but I’m concerned that this basically sealed the Dems’ loss.

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          Here is the internal polling that was released, this was before Biden resigned

          Through 7/21, Biden trailed Trump 46-44 nationally; Harris was ahead 48-46. Trump is stuck at a ceiling of 46. Harris gains from 3rd party/undecided voters.

          • Young voters (18-34) go from Biden 44-36 (+8) to Harris 57-37 (+20)
          • Independents go from Trump 48-32 (+16) to Trump 49-41 (+8)
          • Harris picks up 7pp among Black voters and 8pp among Hispanic voters, almost all from 3rd party/undecideds

          Source: https://x.com/DrewLinzer/status/1815491120677458288

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      I’m sure that her stance could have changed from that time as it’s become a more understood issue now from then. It’s the people that the president appoints that are ultimately responsible for policy in their departments.