• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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    Asking about her administration’s stance on the issues isn’t wanting to be “dazzled”. It’s wanting to be informed.

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      You’ve got it wrong. It’s not about asking her the questions. It’s expecting her to give flawless answers while Donny can incoherently ramble word salad for 2 minutes to thunderous applause.

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        These sorts of comments confuse the fuck out of me, like, who are you directing this at? A Donald trump voter? The people “expecting Kamala to dazzle them” are entirely aware that Donald trump is an incompetent lunatic. They’re asking for the bare minimum from Kamala because she’s the only viable option and she can’t even deliver that bare minimum.

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      I think they think Donald Trump is the standard. It’s important to remember that he isn’t. That’s an easy comparison, and some roadkill wins that contest. Being better than the worst isn’t enough of a selling point. 2016 proved that. Be better.

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        Being better than the worst isn’t enough

        Be better.

        Lol

        2016 proved that

        2016 proved that Trump would be a fucking disaster, and waiting for your perfect candidate will never happen, and probably wouldn’t win with the majority of Americans anyway.

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          What did Trump do that’s more disasterous than genocide? Or more broadly what specifically did he do that was worse in 2016-2020 than it has been under Biden?

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            If you’re a white, straight male who doesn’t care about the friends and family around you, then yeah not much changed! /s

            Way to out yourself lol

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              I’m at most one of those things.

              Way to dodge the question lol

              What did Trump do that was worse than genocide? Can you tell me?

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                he did his own genocide really. fumbled covid hardcore, let millions die. called real news fake to plant the seed for his cult for starters. told people to inject bleach? anything, literally anything to put a dollar in his pocket, he’ll do or has already done.

                he’s a rapist. a felon. scam artist. racist. hateful sack of shit. child molester.

                his moral compass is beyond fucked.

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                Arguing with teenagers is pointless, you can’t vote and think you know it all. Moral absolutism is a fucking scourge smh

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                  I am absolutely convinced genocide is bad you got me there. I actually can vote and did (mail your ballot folks) but you got me on the teen stuff. 19. Maybe I’ll learn something in a few months when I’m 20.

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      Asking for defunding of genocide is also apparently the “dazzle” that’s too much.

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        Yeah good luck asking Trump for that. Reminder: there are 99 million other issues at stake. Get off your imaginary moral pedestal and help.

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        That’s Congress.

        The president can’t actually halt funding that Congress has allocated. See Trump’s first impeachment for this very scenario.

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          There are laws on the books that make it illegal to send weapons to a country that’s violating human rights that Biden is refusing to enforce. What’s more, he’s actually bypassed congress to send more weapons than what they allocated. Because he’s a lifelong Zionist who is 100% supportive of everything Israel is doing.

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            There’s a law the Republicans forced through that specifically forces the Biden Administration fund Israel. That “bypassed Congress” claim is kind of wrong.

            See, Congress said pay this, and then didn’t pass a budget that actually allocated money for it.

            Biden actually tried to slow roll the funding the last time this happened, but this time around Republicans in Congress made sure he wouldn’t be allowed to slow roll it.

            And the money has to come from somewhere.

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                  How does the Leahy Act jibe with laws that specifically require the Administration to sell weapons to Israel?

                  Well, I’m not a lawyer. But these guys are

                  The law is clear and aligned with the majority of Americans who believe the U.S. should cease arms shipments to Israel until it stops its military operation in Gaza

                  Has Biden attempted to use any of these laws to stop shipments? Has he said, “I want to stop shipments, but my legal team tells me I can’t?” No, he has not. If the laws are contradictory, that’s for the courts to resolve, but the courts haven’t weighed in on it because he hasn’t attempted to do it because he fundamentally opposes doing it, because he is extremely pro-Israel, as he has always been.

                  You can believe this unfounded conspiracy theory that Biden has secret Palestinian sympathies in direct contradictions of his statements and entire career, and is only being held back by legal constraints that many lawyers have publically said don’t exist, but at that point, I fail the see how what you’re doing is any different from QAnon people who always have a way to explain away everything Trump did or didn’t do. “Sure he did [thing that contradicts out worldview], but that’s just because he has to play along with the deep state for now. Behind the scenes he’s working towards [thing we want]. Trust the plan.”