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Sustaining genocide in Gaza is a big one. Kamala's campaign was literally told by a sizeable number of voters that they wont vote for her unless she opposes it. It's the primary reason Kamala lost the election. And that's before mentioning that the Democratic convention didn't even give the greater party the ability to choose a candidate. The only choices were Biden and Kamala, and neither offered any worthwhile promise to their voter base. They just hit the "were not Trump" angle expecting to automatically win because of it.
On top of that- Failing to enshrined any trans-rights or abortion protections into law is a big one. They're also just as anti-worker as Republicans. Biden is the one who shutdown the rail strike, claiming the workers were "too necessary" to allow them to strike.
Democrats don't actually care about the causes they supposedly champion. So why should voters pretend like they do?
And as a preemptive comment: obviously Trump and Republicans are fascists. But the majority of Dems in power have more in common with their coworkers than they do with their average voter.
Not sure anyone has ever presented solid evidence that Kamala would have won if not for the Gaza issue. Most agree it was a contributing factor, but not a determening one. Which is scary when you think about it - the real reasons she lost appear to be more nuanced and more deeply related to general cynicism, ignorance and apathy.
Congratulations, Trump is in office and Israel is gunning down Lebanon citizens and buying 1000 lbs bombs again for the first time in years, news outlets saying Israel is prepping to annex and settle even more lands in the Gaza strip.
You failed to back the peacekeepers and now so much more blood will be on your hands as a result.
The only option is all hands on deck, push the envelope even if we don't agree with whats in it. We can have campaign finance reform and tax the rich if you would only do that one thing.
What peacekeeper? Biden was supplying the genocide too. It's a principled stance. We won't vote for genocide whether it's red or blue running the show. And no, the blood isn't on my hands since I didn't approve, or purposely give my tax money to Israel. Biden, and now Trump are doing that.
On top of that the Biden administration had 4 years and confirmation by the Supreme Court he could essentially do whatever he wanted as president. And he still did nothing but had over the case to a DoJ that did fuck all about it.
Also you glossed over my other points of Biden's failures.
Edit: You also realize Israel was literally bombing civilians in Lebanon when Biden was president right? Or did you alreadh forget ablut the pager bombs Israel planeted in Lebanon? And Biden still gave them a shit ton of weapons, and only effectively blocked one type of weapons shipment as a political maneuver.
I literally just told you: Israel is buying more and bigger weapons than ever. Your ignorance of that simple fact, that the genocidal Israeli government backed Trump for presidency specifically so they could be even more violent, just shows you don't care about all of the women and children who die as a result.
And I'm telling you the genocide is largely unchanged. The only difference is the names on the weapons heading into Israel and the rhetoric. But anyone paying attention knows that the rhetoric changes nothing. The only difference is that the US is mask off about supporting genocide now.
And the size and the amount of those weapons. And that the new admin explicitly sides with Israel expansion.
So basically just the thousands more people who will be killed, as a direct result of people like you refusing to support the alternative, aside from that no difference.
An amount that is largely the same, and the bombs that were already sent from Biden leveled the vast majority of Gaza along with its population. You've also failed to address any of the other points I've made, so this is where I stop wasting my time.
No, Biden admin did not sell *2000 lbs bombs to Israel. SOURCE