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grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race

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Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race

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  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    Just to be clear, these are donors acting individually rather than a coordinated effort by any Democratic party.

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      I mean did you even look up what you are wrongfully proclaiming as fact?

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        I just love these “confidently incorrect” moments. Did you read the article?

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      which means the Democrat and Republican Partys’ actions are coordinated based on the donors’ wishes not the people’s

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        That’s…not at all what that means.

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          How is it not? This is money = speech; fuck those without cash

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    For those who didn’t skim the article, they’re donating to far right candidates in primaries hoping it will make Republican chances of winning lower.

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      Fuck this kind of political gamesmanship. We need ranked choice so fucking bad.

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        Man, I’m not sure it would help when half the country doesn’t believe Trump tried to overthrow democracy.

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          If more than half the country is insane then America is an insane country. The number of insane people seems to be around 35% right now - but if it did get above 50% then, well, we’re fucked. Do we admit America is a failed state or do we form an authoritarian liberal government to steer the population correctly inspite of the popular will.

          That’d be a fucking hard question and I hope we don’t get there - as long as possible I’d like to believe in democracy.

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          Nah it would. I’ve spoken to a lot of Republicans that don’t like trump a lot, but feel he best aligns with what they would like the government to do. Giving them a saner option would probably siphon off votes from trump

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      That’s the same strategy that brought us trump, right? Go dems! lmao.

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        Outside of Trump this strategy was largely effective.

        https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1135878576/the-democrats-strategy-of-boosting-far-right-candidates-seems-to-have-worked

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          What an interesting strategy. Let’s just hope rich Republicans don’t try to turn the tables. Oh, the sweet liberal tears I would cry if we ended up with Democratic candidates that leaned farther left than those we already have!

          Tears of joy, but still.

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    Yep, let’s pay to ensure the Overton Window keeps moving to the right. Sounds clever.

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