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[–] chase_what_matters 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

What’s your point? The dude can do both. This is what fundraising looks like on the left.

[–] Cosmonauticus 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's the problem. And I feel calling him out about it is valid considering only a select few on the left try to do anything regarding campaign finance reform

[–] chase_what_matters 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t disagree with you, but until laws are enacted, dems can’t fight with one arm tied behind their back. Gotta fill the war chest or it’s basically over.

[–] Cosmonauticus 1 points 6 months ago

How about running on campaign finance reform and actually trying to do something about it within your party until it becomes a major philosophy of your party like they did with gay marriage?

[–] anticolonialist -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

fundraising looks like on the left

And a true reflection of who they represent, the big money people. Working class people got the opportunity to watch him on television

[–] chase_what_matters 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m gonna hard disagree. I vote for the Democratic Party because they champion the values of most Americans. Do I wish Bernie or Elizabeth Warren had won the 2020 primary? Of course. Not all dems will fight as hard for the same issues.

If you’re trying to contrast Biden’s campaign trail with Trump’s, just remember the guy is also busy being president. And Trump does a million rallies not because he loves the common man, but because otherwise people will be left to, I dunno, read his policies? The entertainment keeps the mob ignorant and sated.

[–] anticolonialist -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

they champion the values of most Americans

That must explain their Biden's 38% approval rating or Congress' 13% approval rating.

OR 62% of Democrat voters have a 62% disapproval rating of Biden and an 87% disproval rating on Congress.

[–] chase_what_matters 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you know how to read polls?

Do you understand that a president’s approval rating will be much lower among the opposition party? And that that number will skew the average far below that of the controlling party?

Or do you enjoy misrepresenting data to dunk on a stranger on the internet?

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/#

[–] anticolonialist -2 points 6 months ago

That must be why only 17% of Democrats are excited to vote for him