President Biden on Monday night issued a plea for supporters to donate to his campaign in the wake of former President Trumpā€™s victory in Iowa.

ā€œLooks like Donald Trump just won Iowa. Heā€™s the clear front runner on the other side at this point,ā€ Biden wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

ā€œBut hereā€™s the thing: this election was always going to be you and me vs. extreme MAGA Republicans. It was true yesterday and itā€™ll be true tomorrow,ā€ Biden added, posting a link to a fundraising page.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Heā€™s said the only reason heā€™s running is trumpā€¦

    But also he said ā€œ50 other Demsā€ could beat trump.

    So it seems like less that heā€™s running to stop trump from winning, and more knowing trump is his easiest opponent.

    If all he cares about was stopping trump, yeah, he wouldnā€™t have ran in the 2020. Let alone 2024 when heā€™s polling even worse.

    Like Clinton before him, heā€™s willing to risk trump because he thinks trump is one of the few candidates that would make someone vote D to prevent.

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      9 months ago

      I hear that.

      And whatā€™s hilarious isā€¦ most democrats are eating that shit up.

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        9 months ago

        I wouldnā€™t say that.

        Voting is easy and convenient for me. Iā€™m voting D like I do every election. Just not happy I donā€™t have a say in who that is for the next four years

        The problem is people that donā€™t always vote because they have to fight suppression.

        ā€œVote me or things will be worse, Iā€™ll keep everything as bad as it is!ā€

        Doesnā€™t really get them out to the pollsā€¦

        And thatā€™s not opinion, we know it often doesnā€™t work. Itā€™s just also the only way conservative Dems can still win. So thatā€™s what weā€™re going to keep seeing

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          9 months ago

          Voting is easy and convenient for me.

          Sadly, thanks to Republicans, it isnā€™t for a lot of people. By design, because those people are more likely to vote for Democrats.

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          9 months ago

          Voting is easy and convenient for me. Iā€™m voting D like I do every election. Just not happy I donā€™t have a say in who that is for the next four years

          we havenā€™t had a say in that since Iā€™ve been votingā€¦ probably. Certainly since Iā€™ve been paying attention to the primaries. ('16 is what really got me hyper focussed on them.)

          ā€œVote me or things will be worse, Iā€™ll keep everything as bad as it is!ā€

          Theyā€™ve been saying that for as long as Iā€™ve been voting, too. (actually both sides have been using lesser of two evilsā€¦ which this is just an extension of.)