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How Kamala Harris Took Command of the Democratic Party in 48 Hours (www.nytimes.com)
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For context, it's the elite media types who are pushing for some sort of contested convention — not the bulk of the Democratic voters.

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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

She was literally elected Vice President by millions of people. If you voted for Biden, you already elected her to be one heartbeat away from the presidency.

There have been only 49 Vice Presidents in US history. She is closer to the presidency than any other eligible Democrat.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I get how it is easy to justify and I understand people are so obsessed with beating trump that they will cast aside all other doubts but the truth is that a vote for a Biden Harris ticket is not a vote for a Harris/??? Ticket. The threat of fascism is also not going to stop with trump. The moves made here will be treated like am exception but will become the norm.

    Regardless of how I personally voted, I see this move as another example that the illusion of American democracy has been dead a long time. Maybe even since Bush v Gore. Primaries suffered a death blow in 2016 and finally kicked the bucket in 2024.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Biden was old in 2020. He could have easily passed away in his first term. Trump got COVID and almost went on a ventilator.

    You definitely did vote for Harris/??? even if you don't realize it.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can see how the blue no matter who crowd justifies reallocating peoples votes, but I dont see how it is acceptable to do in a so called democracy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    If y'all's voting system wasn't so fucked up maybe you'd have more than two viable political parties, and maybe then the primary process wouldn't be so important.

    Here where I live the candidate list is generally selected completely by party insiders, but it doesn't matter so much because I have a choice of 15+ viable parties in parliament to choose from.

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