• direwolf@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 days ago

    If Democrats want to win, they have to move further right. Jason Crow would make a better Democratic candidate than AOC. Not only because of his moderate views but because he was an US Army Ranger. In contrast, AOC was never in the US military. If she is the Democratic Presidential candidate, she would be running against J.D. Vance who was in the US Marines.

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      ‘To beat Republicans, we must become Republicans!’

      I agree. The Dems should be more openly right. They should also stop suing leftist parties off the ballot, since they’re not going for those voters anyway.

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        Democrats cannot appeal to those on the extreme left or extreme right. Take a centrist view and they will appeal to most Americans.

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          Most Americans are not in the center, and in trying to appeal to everyone they end up appealing to no one.

          But this conversation is over 10 years too late. The Democrats moved to the far right long ago, which is why they’re so rabidly anti-immigration and pro-genocide now.

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            1 day ago

            If Biden was so anti-immigration, why did he permit so many illegal migrants that Governor Abbott of Texas bused them to sanctuary cities?

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              Because Abbott’s illegal human trafficking was a political stunt.

              Just check the numbers. Biden and Obama deported wayyyy more people than Trump or Bush.

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                7 hours ago

                It was both political and relieved Texas from supporting illegal migrants. If more illegal migrants are allowed, more would be deported. Under Trump very few illegal migrants are crossing the border.