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Principled Opposition (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yay context!

a number of Democrats tried to boost far-right Republican candidates whom they deemed easier to beat in November.

The strategy seems to have paid off: In high-profile races where Democratic candidates or groups successfully used the strategy during the primaries, all of the Republicans they helped have either lost or are trailing, two days after Election Day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This is so stupid. Essentially 50 million into the money pit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

A perfect example of short term thinking that plagues US politics. Democrats boosted popularity of the far right to win a primary. This directly contributed to the republicans party sliding further into MAGA territory. Now, dems are looking at a wipe out by Trump in the coming election. This continues the great tradition of liberals ushering in fascism.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If the GOP wanted to counterattack, they could always start funding hyper-progressive candidates too 🙂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think they discovered that was at least going on with Bernie

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah but then they stabbed him in the back because they were scared he would do well (which he probably would) and they are just as scared of the system actually being shaken up