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Fetterman to Democrats criticizing Biden: ‘Get your MAGA hat’ (thehill.com)
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[–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

'Get your MAGA hat'

He's got it backward and needs to look in the mirror.

i.e.,

There are people who defend Trump, no matter what.

and

There are people who defend Biden, no matter what.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Sure, but we also have to realize that we live in a country with a two-party system and a winner-take-all electoral college. If you're not helping your candidate, you're helping the opponent.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    we live in a country with a two-party system

    Although they're perpetually marginalized, we do have third-party candidates.

    Edit: Amusing how people downvote a neutral, factual statement.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You'll never convince 160 million people to vote 3rd party. So a vote for 3rd party is a vote for the most popular of the 2 candidates.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    The key here is that it's a vote for the most popular of the 2 candidates based on the votes of who bothered to vote for them specifically, then further butchered via the EC. It's a smaller, different pool of people that may elect someone that the actual majority prefer less, because part of the actual majority decided to play a different game entirely.

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