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submitted 3 months ago by MelonYellow@lemmy.ca to c/politics@lemmy.world

The vice president told a crowd of roughly 20,000 in Dallas that former President Donald J. Trump had said he would terminate the Constitution in a second term.

“Consider: Donald Trump has openly vowed if re-elected he’ll be a dictator on day one, that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies, round up peaceful protesters and throw them out of our country and even, and even and I quote, ‘terminate’ the United States Constitution,” Ms. Harris said.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org -5 points 3 months ago

Please don’t run her. She won’t win. Don’t run him either, but get someone better than her. Run a progressive

[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Name a progressive who is throwing their hat in the ring who can win with no fundraising apparatus set up 4 months before the election.

I'll wait.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

A lot of first-time Trump voters came to him from Bernie. If the media wasn't out to destroy him, his policies are extremely popular.

[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I don't know about a lot.

If somebody can so easily flip back and forth between democratic socialism and fascism, they are likely an idiot, and I am not sure how many idiots actually supported Bernie. I suspect not as many as the other candidates ran.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

I don't think it's all that unexpected that people who are fed up with the system might latch onto radically different (from the status quo) messaging. Wanting any alternative to what has been offered for decades can be understood. It doesn't mean I agree with people who opt for fascism; I simply acknowledge that their desperation for an alternative makes sense even if their choice is counterproductive.

[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

People who can switch so heavily between opposing systems as the surrounding political winds change ate people who have the luxary to do so. The bulk of people who are fascists are almost never poor.

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