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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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[-] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Been telling people she's about as fugazi as cubic zirconium in a Tiffany storefront; I don't know why people keep expecting anything resembling revolutionary intent or even as much as spine out of tHe SqUaD.

[-] flossdaily@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm about as liberal as you'll ever find, and a huge fan of AOC. Definitely NOT a fan of Biden.

However, I'm really happy to see her supporting Biden's reelection, since there is no path forward for any liberal challenger this cycle.

So it really does boil down to mediocre, tired, do-little, centrist Biden... Or... THE END OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

Trump is a fascist wannabe dictator who will use the presidency to escape his criminal charges and/or convictions. He has already stated that he will do a loyalty purge of the entire federal government. He already tried to overthrow our democracy. At this point anyone who joins his administration will be totally on board with that. He's also stated he will be doing a massive power grab to turn the presidency into a something like a kingship.

So, yeah ... I'm glad AOC has enough sense to understand that right now the most important thing is to stop Trump, and that the only way to do that is to hold our nose and get Biden a second term.

[-] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

...And? Y'all are going to keep this cycle going forever if you can. "Boy who cried 'Wolf'" type beats. There's always gotta be a worse boogeyman who's gonna do worse to 'democracy' that my people don't even get to partake of proper without getting redlined, incarcerated, or murdered by the state you want me to prop up for even trying. So from where I sit, the enemy of my enemy is most certainly not my friend or ally. Get fucked.

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