Political forces begin to move on new California Sen. Butler as she mulls a run (www.cnn.com)

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The first step for the candidates running in next year’s California Senate race is to quietly try to spook newly appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler into not running at all.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago

There is a better chance of aliens landing on my front lawn, knocking on my door, and telling me I won the publishers clearing house than there is of Kamala Harris winning a presidential election.

This is true only if you're stuck inside the Twitter bubble and refuse to step outside into real life

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think you're confusing me for you because:

I'm not a Twitter / X user
I actually understand the state of American politics, and accept the reality that pandering to normie/centrist/independent political ideology is what wins elections
I care more about moving this country forward than virtue signaling about having a female president
I understand how uncharismatic and unpopular Kamala Harris was/is/will continue to be

I actually cannot understand how someone could be so blind to reality. Hillary Clinton already tried to play queen maker on her own behalf while being a historically unpopular candidate because she thought she was OWED her turn in line.

In the process she propped up Donald Trump as a spoiler candidate, rigged the DNC against Bernie Sanders, and fucked this country into the timeline we have been stuck in for the last (almost) decade.

I'm not laughing because I know this brand of identity politics camouflaged as faux progressivism leads to failure. I care about political results in the real world, and if you think I'm the one in the bubble you need to wake up and smell the napalm.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago

I wasn't referring specifically to you but I also can't take you seriously with that absurd "rigged the DNC" nonsense. You sound like trump.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, sick burn 🔥 You really showed me with that zinger ☠️

Just because Donald Trump is an authoritarian asshole doesn't mean that he can't also call a spade a spade when it suits his interests. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Now for the rest of the people who need a refresher course on the 2016 election, here are some either liberal leaning or non-partisan sources to back up the claim that the Clinton campaign was definitely manipulating the DNC via Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as well as other means as far back as 2015.

Lastly:

I wasn't referring specifically to you

Yes you fucking were, but you clearly lack the courage of your convictions. Which, quite frankly, I find to be in no way surprising.

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