And if Biden decides not to run, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press on Saturday that he believes the president will designate Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the ticket.
If that happens, prepare to see the narrative of certain people switch from "no one should vote for Genocide Joe" to "no one should vote for pro-cop Harris." Anything but tell people to stop the dictator from gaining power.
Edit: Wow, that didn't take long.
This effectively changes nothing for me, I’m no fan of Harris or Biden, but they ain’t fascists
Exactly, but that doesn't seem to be an argument they care about.
You are not the problem. Some people can't decide between Joe, and the party that wants to end democracy in this country.
All I ask of people is vote for anything but trump. A sack of potato chips is better.
Not good enough. You have to vote for the person most likely to beat him. It's a numbers game.
Wrong. A vote for Stein, or RFK, or West is still effectively a vote for Trump.
We don't have to prepare for it, it's already happening, at least on Lemmy.
Yup. Not only that, but the attacks from the GOP and media won't stop. They will simply change from "Biden is too old" to racist garbage like "Harris might be our first DEI president" (That's an actual headline from the NY Post, which I refuse to link to).
No matter what happens, Democrats will need thick skin.
She's also not a white male, so I fully expect them to go all out saying that execrable shit out loud.
I am not pro-Biden, but I'd vote for Harris. I think she's a stronger candidate.
She's a marginally better candidate if he endorses her enthusiastically. She's deeply flawed and unpopular but if Biden gives her credit for everything he accomplished she'd be trading "absolutely ancient" for "former uncharismatic prosecutor".
There are much better choices.
I agree that there are much better choices. Alas, Democrats are right of center and punch left.
Well personally, I don't want an openly fascist raving lunatic to be US president, but that's just me, of course.
That sounds more like Trump than Biden. The trouble is Trump is probably what we'll get if Biden doesn't suck it up and drop out of the race.
Of course I meant Trump. How can that not be blindingly obvious?
It's impossible to tell without knowing whether you're taking to a Trump cultist.
I don't think we'll fare any better if Harris gets the nomination either. I don't understand why the party keeps backing the most unlikable candidates possible over and over and over.
Because they'll rather turn over their country to the fascists than nominate someone who might upset their sponsors.
he's already decided.
he decided a week ago.
you backhandedly calling for him to drop out only fuels the bullshit media narrative that's not focused on trump's myriad of seriously disqualifying incidents OR project 2025.
Maybe I'm extremely cynical, but unless it was like Bernie Sanders (which we all know they wouldn't allow to replace Biden) I don't think it will matter much if he leaves or stays.
If he leaves, Trump will win, enact project 2025, jail political opponents, then murder them, then other massacres and mass imprisonment will occur amongst "unamericans."
If he stays, Trump is less likely to win, but the Nazis didn't take over Germany peacefully. For all the lethal defense systems the White House has, it doesn't matter against sheer numbers of stupid people. The only way this works is if a significant majority of Americans say no to trump, and and oppose a coup. This won't happen.
I think if you live in a state that will be directly impacted by project 2025 (most states, some northern ones have no shale oil and have no immediate plans) shits gonna get real shitty real quickly.
I also think this will become an era of true fuck around and find out. The blue states can refuse to fund the U.S. government. Good luck getting the military to do anything if they don't get paid.
If Trump wins it will be a political coup followed by a military junta within a few years once it becomes clear how badly Trumps plans really fuck the overall economy.
I don't understand this. Biden already said he didn't plan to drop out.
That's exactly what I would expect him to say, until he drops out, at which point I would expect him to say that it was his plan all along.
He's stated that publically, yes. But who knows what's being said behind closed doors.
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