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Ian's avatar

It becomes very difficult to advocate for supporting Democrats with news like this. Maintaining Powell, to say nothing of DeJoyless and the other Trumpers Biden strangely decided to keep on, has sent a very sad message about whether the party truly cares about the working class, democracy, and everything else they yelled about in their GOTV efforts. What does a worker gain if he elects a Dem but loses his wages, regulations, and job security? Well, the same misery they would have gotten with a Republican. Once again, the Dems reveal themselves to be too beholden to corporate interests. This is making those of us who have to try to mobilize voters with the lesser evil argument have to work even harder given how small that gap of evilness appears to Americans who get their money from paychecks, not from trusts, investments, and financial schemes.

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J. Nol's avatar

The widening wealth gap which is the result of decades of policies designed by the rich for the rich will create increasing instability. No wonder there are so many disaffected Americans who will vote for a candidate who promises to tear it all down. While Biden was probably the best candidate for the Dems, he was by far way too conservative for me. We need a major change in the taxation rules, and the lobbying rules, and we need people in leadership with a new vision for our country that will actually help those at the bottom of the economic heap. That's probably the only way we can prevent the pending chaos those extremists right wingers are intent on creating.

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