• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    the GOP never hates on their base

    What are you talking about, the GOP has driven out everyone who won’t support Trump, some of them got literal death threats after years of loyal support. Even his primary opponents are afraid to criticize him.

    Democrats don’t “hate their base”, you’re just whining because they didn’t nominate your favorite candidate.

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      10 months ago

      The GOP base is a bunch of bible thumping illiterates in the cornfield who have taken Trump as their new god, not Liz Cheney.

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        10 months ago

        In the process they intentionally drove out anyone in their base who would not support Trump, including people who like Liz Cheney.

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          10 months ago

          And they’re about to win a second Trump term, so what is the downside for them? I’d rather not be on Liz Cheney’s side and I’d rather win elections and they’re winning on both fronts there.

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            10 months ago

            Glad we agree that Republicans do in fact hate on their base.

            Democrats won the popular vote in 7 out of 8 of the last presidential elections, despite constant doom and gloom over polls from PUMAs and their equivalents.

            Biden himself was predicted to lose his 2020 primary and suffer a 2022 Red Wave. So I’m not particularly worried about 2024.

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              10 months ago

              If sticking your head in the sand is a winning 2024 strategy, you have nothing to worry about. I think you neolibs underestimate how much you relied on us pre-2020 to poll stand and door knock and phone bank for GOTV. Without everyone getting a mail in home ballot, I’m highly skeptical it will work out your way, but this cycle will be an interesting test, maybe you and Liz Cheney literally don’t need us and you’ll be happier together. We’ll see in November.

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                10 months ago

                Yet Democrats won in 2020 and 2022 despite you and the other Bernie bros having peaced out.

                I think leftists overestimate how much Democrats rely on them. Leftists are too prone to take their ball and go home when they don’t get everything they want. This is why they don’t form successful long-term coalitions.

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                  10 months ago

                  You’ve never lived to see us take our ball and go home like '68, but you will this year, so we’ll have a concrete test case.

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                    10 months ago

                    I lived though 2020 and 2022, when you said you didn’t vote for Democrats. So I think they’ve already seen the worst of it. Are you going to double not vote for them this year?