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[–] exohuman@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

DeSantis also promised to remove anyone from all federal agencies that doesn’t think like him. They are both fascists and a danger to America.

[–] transmatrix@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

This schmuck belongs in prison. Oh how I wish there were repercussions for the rich.

[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How is this narcissistic, megalomaniac clown still leading in the race to be the Republican candidate for president of the United States? I often thought that the one to take him down would be a Republican with a conscience, but there doesn't seem to be any of them left. If we don't mobilize Gen Z to vote we just might be living in Gilead soon.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

The republican machine ate itself and they can’t undo it. Fox News would edit his speeches to make him sound smarter and remove his gaffes, and would shield him from criticism because they feared losing viewers. Now he’s unrealistically popular among the base and they can’t tell the truth about him.

To win the Rublican primaries you need to be unhinged to appeal to the base. Once you're in, all the other Republican voters fall into line.

No one is really voting on issues/policy. They're trying to keep their team in and the other team out. It's depressing.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

About half of Gen X, Millennials, and Zoomers are united on that.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gen Xer here. I'm doing my part. Voting regularly against Republicans.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Like, whatever, if it has an R, like I vote against it ;)

[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know how that got cropped so badly, but it’s basically illegible

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Here's hoping we all stay engaged and keep voting in every election

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