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[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 108 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Anyone who sits here and claims that they were going to vote for Harris, but Liz Cheney showing up with her one time was just a bridge too far to the point where they were willing to let Trump return to power never had an intent of voting for Harris in the first place.

[–] dank@lemmy.today 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Did you read the article? And if so, was it before or after constructing your straw man?

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Not the OP, but I started reading it, and the first sentence is starting the bullshit already.

Conservatives backed Trump by bigger percentages than in 2020.

There were 1 million more votes for Trump than in 2020, while there were 14 million fewer votes for Harris compared to Biden. So while it's technically true it's ignoring the damned elephant in the room. 13 million people didn't sit out this election or switch sides because of Liz Cheney.

If the very first sentence is already this disingenuous, the rest of the article isn't even worth wasting my time.

[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

Your numbers are a bit off, counting votes is still happening. We are currently at 97%. Trump is up about 1.6 million more votes than 2020 and Harris is down about 8.4 million votes from Biden 2020.

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