‘Because of my Instagram posts?’ AOC swerves questions on 2028 presidential run
‘Because of my Instagram posts?’ AOC swerves questions on 2028 presidential run
I want AOC to be President, but I think Americans are too sexist to vote for her. We're a callow, superficial people.
We also thought Americans were too racist to vote for a black man.
IMHO, Americans will always prioritize swagger, the ability to clearly call bullshit, and the ability to generate hype and a sense of connection.
This is why Americans vote for celebrities and actors.
Not sure about that. I agree americans love the celerberties but Think women's rights vs black men right to vote. Black men had more rights before women for like 50 years. Its gonna be a bit for the old folks to die off and even then we got those Tate trolls trying to keep status quo.
Also Obama wasn't even "full black" and that was too much for some people. Probably sooner see a Hispanic dude than a full black guy or a woman. Its gonna be like that scene in head of state with people running to polls to stop Chris rock.
I kind of see where you're coming from - there's an imperfect fungibility of bigotry. If you're bigoted against one kind of person, it's not hard to make you bigoted against another, it just takes a little propaganda.
But it's not a secret that young men broke for Trump by over 10%. I attribute that swing to the manosphere podcast circuit working round the clock this past election, and Elon Musk purchasing voters with his "sweepstakes."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Exit_poll
2020, Biden: 81,283,501 2020, Trump: 74,223,975
2024, Harris: 75,017,613 2024, Trump: 77,302,580
These numbers suggest that not only did more people vote for Trump than in 2020, even after living through the fucked COVID response, even after seeing January 6, more people chose not to vote at all. And it's a 50/50 split: Trump converted 3 million votes from Biden, and 3 million more just stayed home.
This line is coming from neoliberals who can't understand why Hillary and Kamala lost and are blaming sexism because they can't come to terms with the fact that the American people are turning away from the establishment in its entirety.
Yes, sexism is a problem in America. No, it is not why liberals are losing.
American people are turning away from the establishment in its entirety.
Biden won 2020, and I think it's safe to say he was fairly establishment.
Edit: And as much as we want to forget, Trump was President of the United States from 2016 to 2020. He IS an establishment candidate. He wants the establishment of an authoritarian fascist regime that unlawfully, violently silences his critics and imprisons or murders the minority group of his choosing.
Call me what you like, but I think you have more in common with me than with MAGA. And if your IFF is malfunctioning, well, I hope you get it checked out soon.
I want AOC to be president, and think that the "Americans are too sexist to vote for a woman (now that a progressive woman might run)" argument is being used to hold back all women in order to hold back one woman.
Not all of us. Dudes for AOC!
I'm with you. Believe me, nothing would make me happier than being wrong.
I also want AOC to be president....starting now.
And also, it is Hillary her turn.
I want Tim as president and AOC as vice since I dont want to risk the bunch of idiots who wont vote for a woman fucking everything up again.
Kamala's campaign wasn't fucked because she's a woman, it was fucked because she's a careerist who doesn't believe in anything.
This is the ideal progressive ticket, IMO. It's not as scary for the mid as having a female President (grow the fuck up, guys), but she'll still be able to provide her support and opinion far above her current station. People seem to really like Tim, which is great.
But in the end none of it matters. They're all historically pro-Israel and people don't forget that. They've begun to change their tune, but only just now. It seems disingenuous to get votes, which just seems...hollow.
Tim? The guy who said he's an idiot sometimes? He was picked because he was viewed as a safe choice.
I'd rather she primary Schumer.
That’s probably the more impactful move if she were to win.
AOC Pres with Tim Walz VP would be great
Aoc 2028
"Swerves?" WTF
The verb choice of headlines is really a plague.
Slam, blast, hit, rip, and now swerve. Remarkable journalism.
It seems to me that the US is unfortunately too “-ist” to elect AOC.
Engage
She will run, and the DNC will sheepdog her like they did Bernie, keeping everyone herded up in the party until they realized they got fucked over, again.
Bernie’s being doing some rallies with her recently. If I were to guess, Bernie’s not going to run for POTUS again, he’s going to endorse her.
Bernie could get the VP nod.
The Great Sheepdog Tour
And both she and liberals will still keep defending the party after it.
Yes, she's never questioned the party leadership or directions. :rolls eyes:
She'd be better in party leadership and not pursue the Presidency (yet).
So if not her then who will it be?
Another neoliberal.
Shapiro from Pennsylvania. Pro-genocide, loves billionaires, condescending. Ticks all the boxes.
newsom. It's already newsom.
The face, gender, or race doesn't matter, it will be someone that's not a threat to the existence of the neolib establishment.
Pritzker, maybe?