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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

agreed, never should have tried for the second bite.

however... dems now have an opportunity to own the news cycle from here until the election. if they do even a halfway decent job, we start trending from "narrow loss" -> "political landslide".

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think all the messaging in the world can fix the reality that Biden hasn't improved material conditions of the people who voted for him in 2020, or even gone to the mat fighting for them.

The only things he's really gone around congress or the SCOTUS for is to deny more asylum seekers and give more weapons to Israel and Ukraine.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

He absolutely has. We're getting public transit built out. Caps on overdraft fees. Capped the price of insulin. Invalidated most non-compete clauses. Oh, and he didn't encourage his supporters to attack the Capitol Building and hang Mike Pence.

Oh, and he didn't get a bunch of Americans killed by Covid because he cared more about the stock market than people.

I'd also like to see Ukraine not fall to Russia.

That's just what I can name of the top of my head. He was a better president than Obama.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

We’re getting public transit built out

Nothing around me except wider highways, nor anyone I know. Unless the brightline is part of that, which is nice, but doesn't compete with airfare and driving.

Caps on overdraft fees

lmao just get rid of them, people who have no money don't need less penalties, they need no penalties. There is not a "medium overdraft fees" constituency who will vote against the dems if they get rid of overdraft fees.

Capped the price of insulin

See previous response. If you have the power to cap it, you have the power to make it free.

he didn’t encourage his supporters to attack the Capitol Building and hang Mike Pence.

Stop trying to make trump's army of divorced Jet Ski dealers sound cool. Most Americans hate congress and Mike Pence.

Oh, and he didn’t get a bunch of Americans killed by Covid because he cared more about the stock market than people.

He literally ended the covid protections, told people not to wear masks, and a bunch of Americans did receive long-term injury or death from covid before they stopped counting.

I’d also like to see Ukraine not fall to Russia.

Because of our actions, Ukraine will never be safe within our lifetimes. Every bomb we send is a bad day for someone, statistically mostly civilians. Any stance except peace as soon as possible demonstrates that you care less about the lives of the actual people living in Ukraine than you do supporting imperialism.

We could have had peace with similar terms to what we can get now two years ago, and millions would be alive and in their homes right now. But instead we decided to fight Russia to the last drop of Ukrainian blood.

He was a better president than Obama.

The patron saint of drones, who halved black wealth to bail out the banks? The deporter-in-chief who paved the way for Trump? That's not the flex you think it is.