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[–] jordanlund 28 points 3 months ago (107 children)

The issue is much, much larger than what Israel is doing to Gaza.

If you fail to vote for Harris, you allow Trump to win.

If Trump wins:

  1. He will encourage Israel to finish the genocide more quickly.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-israel-pr-hugh-hewitt-21faee332d95fec99652c112fbdcd35d

  1. He will take Israel's policy of illegally invading Lebanon as a "security zone" and apply it to Mexico:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_Southern_Lebanon

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-mexico-military-cartels-war-on-drugs-1234705804/

  1. He will set up internment camps in the United States for immigrants and others classed as "undesirable":

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-does-not-rule-out-building-detention-camps-mass-deportations-2024-04-30/

  1. He will purge the government of any and all opposition:

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2022/07/trump-endorsed-plan-purge-civil-service-rogue-bureaucrats/375028/

  1. He wants to arrest journalists:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/politics/kash-patel-trump-administration/index.html

To be clear here, if Harris does not win, Trump will. Those are your two choices. You can choose to vote for Harris or you court disaster. There is no viable 3rd choice.

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[–] skeezix 17 points 3 months ago (8 children)

another winning post from the downvote king.

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[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 15 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Muslim voters are nevertheless poised to exact revenge on the VP at the ballot box

What a mature read of politics. The US is so fucked. Thinking along these lines Harris will get the final revenge when Trump wins and Israel actually completes the genocide because of it. Genius.

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Harris and Stein tied at 29%, with 11% of the cohort’s support going to Donald Trump

She's tied...for first place among Muslim voters. And Trump is getting almost 2/3rds less.

[–] Dkarma 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah if anything the story is stein is stomping Trump

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[–] Myxomatosis 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Trump wants to nuke Gaza, pave over the remains and build one of his shitty hotels there. He would also deport Muslims and send those who don’t leave to internment camps. Explain to me how both sides are the same.

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[–] FiremanEdsRevenge 1 points 3 months ago
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