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'Yikes': Shock as new poll shows Dems with 'largest lead for either party' since 2018
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So fucking tired of people blaming the "establishment".
The "establishment" didn't give us Trump 2. Short-sighted, immature potential Democratic voters did.
Not only did they give us Trump 2, they are trying to give us Trump 3 right now. Mamdani is going to win NY and Democrats are doing everything they can to signal that if Trump invades as he is threatening that they won't have his back.
Notice too how Trump is reacting so much differently to Mamdani than other Democrats. Mamdani scares him. Establishment Democrats don't. Progressives scare him. Left populists scare him. Out of touch corporate Democrats are losers.
How do you figure?
The establishment literally was Biden not bowing out after his 1st term, as he'd promised.
The establishment was not giving voters a choice in picking a candidate, and rather anointing Kamala Harris.
The establishment was having Harris run one of the worst campaigns in modern history with the largest war-chest (over $1.5B) at her disposal.
The establishment was setting up a candidate to lose, because they don't care about winning; they care about maintaining the status quo.
The establishment is absolutely why we got Trump 2.0. How do you not see that?
Because "the establishment" doesn't get a ballot. The people do.
People. Voted. For. That. Thing.
There's a fair bit of evidence that the GOP tried to steal the election in 2020 and succeeded in 2024.
Sure. But I've seen enough red hats, and pickup trucks or front porches with flags to know people voted for this misery. It's not impossible that MAGA cheated; dishonesty is in their nature - it's actually "cheating" to say one thing and do another. However I don't believe that they needed to cheat very hard.
I think the vote was pretty close, and that your country is just full of horrible people.
Pay attention. I dunno about your area, but those trump flags and maga hats have all but disappeared where I live. They're being squeezed as well, and some will break ranks.
Of course they have, it's not election season. Only the especially crazy crazies will continue tondisplay these signs indefinitely, but there are plenty of slightly kess crazy crazies who had them up during election season and voted for the mango-colored child rapist.
The people I'm talking about have had trump banners up since 2016. A few started removing them after Jan 6, but the rest have all taken them down.
Around where I live of the homes and businesses that have perpetually had trump stuff up since 2015 no longer have any trump stuff up. I think he might be losing his base...
Sadly the two party is the usa are treated as cults