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[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Biden is holding everyone hostage here. It's him or the other worse option. But he is completely responsible for the situation we are in now.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Blaming Biden for the GOP being fascists seems odd to me.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Biden is not responsible people do not want to vote for him. Voters are responsible for not voting for a person they do not want to vote for!

[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

He is responsible for intentionally hiding his true mental state from the public. Running such a close race with Trump should be a clear sign of how unpopular he is as a candidate. At this point, Democrats are dangerously close to losing this election replacing him or not. That is on him.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 3 months ago

It's close because of republican disinformation, not Biden's real mental state.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn't say completely responsible, but he and the Democratic Party more broadly are certainly taking advantage of the situation.

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 months ago

America could have had Bernie.

[–] AlbertSpangler@lemmings.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Taking advantage right up to the point they lose power, and drag the US into an incredibly dark period.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

Lol they already started victim blaming. "The second American revolution is coming and it will be bloodless if the left allows it to be"

[–] Shadowq8@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Irony is that they have bernie sanders but because they bend over to AIPAC they dont want Bernie.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Well, such moments in politics show us that rats do not, in fact, jump the ship first.

Still two groups of very shady people pitting a senile man (also a pro-Soviet politician in his younger years and probably a crook, but let's forget this) against a mentally impaired man (who could get a few life sentences were he not that important) look disgusting.