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As Joseph Biden’s US presidency comes to an end, many on social media this week are saying that his legacy boils down to one thing: his active role in Israel’s fifteen-month war on Gaza, which has been widely defined as a "genocide" by human rights organisations, international bodies and scholars.

Biden’s last day as president, on 19 January, is also the first day of the planned Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that was reportedly pushed to the finish line by the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, though both Biden and Trump took credit for the deal.

This has raised more significant criticism of Biden’s role in Israel’s bombing campaign on Gaza, with the US providing $17.9bn in military aid since 7 October 2023 after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel and the subsequent war.

His unfaltering support for Israel led to the infamous nickname given by pro-Palestinians and social media users: "Genocide Joe".

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

i would be VERY upset with myself right now if i had voted for kamala harris on the pretext that the biden administration was the best option to stop the genocide as well as voting to protect lgbtqia from the likes of project 2025 since the public can now see the same tired excuse of an individual dissenter blocking everything recycled again for not enacting the equal rights amendment that could defend us against project 2025 and trump succeeded in stopping the genocide in a few days were biden couldn't in a year and half.

i know that these two facts fall on deaf ears for most democrats based on my interactions with them on lemmy; so i behooves us and the democrats who didn't overlook a genocide to figure out a way to get those who considered the genocide to be "no big deal" or simply "single issue voting" to be brought back to table.

we'll continue our descent into fascism without these people and i wish i know how we could bring them back to the table when they double down like republicans and refuse to admit that these two the reasons why they voted democrat was proven false in the last week or so.

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

i wish i know how we could bring them back to the table when they double down like republicans and refuse to admit that these two the reasons why they voted democrat was proven false in the last week or so.

Let's just consider them a lost cause, and not expect anything significantly good for economic, foreign or even cultural policy from these rabid dogs. The Democrats will only scold us, if not aid the Republicans with fucking us over.

[-] dx1@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

Republicans are a lost cause, Democrats are a lost cause, pretty soon we're trying to win in a majority rule system with 1% of the vote.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

Gonna need at least 3% and it's not going to be voting

[-] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Deep cut right there

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I suppose so. The only thing they should be good for delaying policies, but considering how they're allowign the Overton window to move further right, in regards to economic, foreign, and even cultural policy, yeah, that's uncertain

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