• alkbch@lemmy.ml
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            10 hours ago

            She was not elected to the the presidential candidate for 2024, she was anointed by the party without an open primary.

            If you can’t have a conversation without resorting to character attacks, that says a lot about your (lack of) character.

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              By the time Biden dropped out, it was one month to the DNC which would select a candidate. There was no time to run a primary, and they were actively attempting to prevent what happened at the last brokered convention which resulted in utter chaos:

              https://youtu.be/sDwKyoSmhow

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                9 hours ago

                Yes there was still time to run a primary.

                Besides, Biden should have dropped from the race many months prior, or better yet not run again at all as he promised during his 2020 campaign.

                Harris and other DNC members shouldn’t have tried to gaslight us about Biden’s health during all that time; they really took us for a bunch of idiots, which most certainly didn’t help their case.

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                  9 hours ago

                  No, there wasn’t. A primary in 50 states takes roughly 6 months to run. They had ONE.

                  Biden bowed out July 21st.

                  The convention was scheduled to start August 19th.

                  30 days. You can’t run a 50 state primary in 30 days. 1.66 primaries per day.

                  Moving the convention wasn’t an option due to state deadlines for candidates.

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                    The mistake still lies with the Dems (including Harris) for having prepared for seemingly nothing that is happening despite them writing out in detail what they would do. They did not prepare a good candidate, just assumed that one would appear or that Biden would run. When Biden ran, and his numbers sucked, he didn’t back out. That is all the fault of Dems.