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During negotiations with the DNC and the Harris campaign, we were repeatedly told by interlocutors that Harris couldn’t meet any of our basic requests (a policy shift from Biden, a Palestinian speaker at the DNC, a statement distinguishing herself from Trump on Israel, or even a meeting with Michigan families who lost loved ones to Israeli bombs) because of AIPAC-aligned politicians like Fetterman, who might take to TV, rile up suburban white and Jewish voters, and fracture the party’s coalition in a swing state.

That political calculus alienated a key voting bloc, although likely not large enough to have shifted the ultimate election outcomes, that should be part of a durable Democratic majority. But few will ever be held accountable for that choice.

A Fetterman staffer condemning Uncommitted for not advocating for Palestinians 'the right way' is like an arsonist scolding the fire department for using the wrong hose.

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 4 hours ago

They successfully got Biden to step down

But then they were stupid enoufht to replace him with another genocidal politician

[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 4 points 1 hour ago

never forget that it wasn't a genocide that made the american public turn on biden, it was a bad tv performance.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 hours ago

Yeah fuck those orphans and widows voting for what was objectively the lesser of two evils.

I wanted to murder their families instead of the red team. Now all I can do is sneer at them.

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