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US presidential candidate, Jill Stein, says because of AIPAC's $100 million funding of the US election, it has become ''politically toxic' to speak out against the genocide in Gaza.

‘If we have concerns about the right to life before birth, how about a right to life after birth,’ she said in reference to Israel’s killing of innocent children and the elderly in Gaza. US President Joe Biden 'can end this war with a phone call’, she added.

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[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

If Democrats are so concerned about FPTP they have an opportunity to ensure she makes it past. They claim they don't like Biden but will still vote for him. How about trying it a different way and voting FOR something you want in government as opposed to voting against WHO you don't want in government.

Voters are their own worst enemy

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Well, sure, because in recent memory, no 3rd party has won even a single state. You have to go back to George Wallace and 1968, he won 5 states in the south. The choice is hold your nose and vote Biden or you get Trump.

Even then, that's looking like it won't be enough.

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

I will not hold my nose for genocide, among other things.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Your choice is (as of this writing) an old man who believes Israel has the right to defend itself (Biden), and an old man who thinks Israel needs to go harder and faster to finish the job they started (Trump).

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

With a seemingly unlimited amount of money and weapons that Biden is providing and the refusal to draw a line in the sand for Netanyahu, Biden is allowing Israel to finish the job.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

It would be easy for everyone if that were the case, but it's not. Biden believes in the Iron Dome defense and will provide everything needed to maintain that.

The problem is Bibi is continually misappropriating that support.

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

If you know that about about Netanyahu Biden must too, so he's allowing funds to be misappropriated

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

According to some of your own replies swing state polling Biden is losing. If he stays in the race it looks like a vote for Biden is a vote for Trump

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Oh, there's no doubt Biden needs to drop out. I'm hearing rumors that a speech is already being written.

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