• @Intergalactic@lemmy.world
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    925 months ago

    I appreciate the value of honesty and authenticity as key reasons people choose to support a candidate.

    However, it is clear that Donald Trump often makes false statements.

    Furthermore, Kamala Harris might have benefited from participating in more contemporary media formats, such as podcasts and Twitch streams, to enhance her outreach. Additionally, focusing less on appealing to Republican voters might have been advantageous, as this strategy CLEARLY contributed to her electoral loss.

    • @kerrypacker@lemmy.world
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      -165 months ago

      Being a complete phoney didn’t help. She had all the charisma of a late night preacher. That doesn’t play well with most people.

      • @jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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        195 months ago

        her opponent went on the national debate stage and said Haitian immigrants are eating cats and dogs. What exactly does “being a phony” mean to you??

        • @MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world
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          65 months ago

          I agree with your point, but pretend you are a moron for a minute.

          Anyone who speaks well is now an “elite” and therefore cannot be trusted. Trump is automatically more trustworthy just because he speaks like an idiot and not “the elites who always lie”.

          “Eating dogs and cats? Man, that sounds like something cousin Dweebus would say. Cousin Dweebus and me go way back, I trust him. This guy must he for real”.

      • @T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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        145 months ago

        It really shouldn’t matter. I get what you’re saying, but I want a politician to he a politician, someone who governs and write bills that help me. I don’t care it they are charismatic, but for some reason that’s the most important part for a lot of people.

        • @Fedizen@lemmy.world
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          115 months ago

          especially since as far as authenticity goes, nobody is less authentic than trump. I think its more about seeing their flaws in you, and since trump just says everything about everything he seems relatable.

        • @kerrypacker@lemmy.world
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          15 months ago

          Well yes, and she still lost, so how poorly must she be coming across? Or is it 10s of millions of people that are just wrong?

              • @kandoh@reddthat.com
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                15 months ago

                Being a complete phoney didn’t help. She had all the charisma of a late night preacher. That doesn’t play well with most people.

                You’re quite literally bitching in the original comment but okay

          • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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            05 months ago

            Or is it 10s of millions of people that are just wrong?

            Well, they chose not to oppose fascism, so, yes. Yes, they were wrong. And they are the reason that, best case, the US is in the process of undoing every positive social advancement for the last hundred years.

              • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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                05 months ago

                Really, it doesn’t matter at this juncture. The car was already in reverse with the foot on the gas. Now, the emergency brake has been released without any show off resistance. The cliff is right behind us and it’s just a question of whether we go all the way over or high-center on the edge. We’re going back and there’s no way to undo what is about to happen for, best case scenario, a generation.

      • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        75 months ago

        You know what I love the most about late night preachers?

        They don’t put people in concentration camps.

        They don’t take away human rights.

        They don’t sexually assault people(typically).

        They don’t quote Hitler(typically).

        You know what? Now that I think about it, she was a lot better than a late night preacher.

        • not a Nazi
        • not a racist
        • not a rapist
        • not sexist
        • not a fascist

        Wow! Why didn’t 20 million Americans vote for her?

        btw, that’s a rhetorical question, I don’t care about your opinions on her.