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- politics@beehaw.org
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- politics@beehaw.org
US Democratic Senator Mark Kelly has said he will “seriously consider” running for president in 2028 as he battles the Trump administration over a video in which he urged military personnel to refuse illegal orders.
The Arizona senator, who was accused of “seditious behaviour” by Donald Trump over the November clip, said he and his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, received “many” death threats after the president’s comments.
“We get them on a weekly basis now,” he told BBC Newsnight. “We had to get security to protect us 24 hours a day.”
Asked if he was considering a White House run, the retired Navy captain said he was considering it “because we’re in some seriously challenging times”.
Either the next president will be a Democratic Socialist, or it will be a fascist. Democrats need to get back 20% of their base, plus the margin they need to pick up in the places they need to make up the differences they’ll need to win the big house.
Ask yourself this without looking at this announcement: Can a corporate Democrat do that?
I’m telling you now, either the next president will be a Democratic Socialist, or the Republicans win. No amount of glazing liberals is going to make them capable of winning an election.
Bernie 2028.
People dragging out Bernie in 2028
As a Canadian, can you please stop picking ridiculously old people?
Find someone in the 45-65 year age range, you’re going to get a better outcome that way.
Our oldest Prime Minister in the last 50 years started when he was 65, most of them have been under 50.
No can do. It will be a day of national pride when we elect someone with a triple digit age.
We need a healthcare system that supports that first
Since you only elect wealthy people, you do have that health care system for the relevant people. And fuck everyone else.
I love Bernie, but that ship has sailed. AOC is our next best hope, but we have to back DSA candidates at every level in every race. Even if we succeed, there is a real chance we don’t avoid violence. The Republic of Gilead is already here and the Republican pedo nazis don’t intend to ever allow or accept another fair, democratic election again. They are nothing if not open about that fact.
She cannot win.
You’re getting downvoted, but I agree. Sadly, I don’t think a woman will win the presidential election in the U.S. for at least another decade or two. Too many sexists, and subconscious misogyny
Yes and also being Latina. Many people aren’t ready for that, either. Irrelevant if her heritage is Puerto Rican. Too many idiots don’t recognize that as American.
That Munich conference has me in doubts about AOC
What happened there?
I’m assuming they’re trying to say that because she pauses and actually thinks about what she is trying to say (much like Obama did) before she says it, that somehow that makes her unfit to be president, because reasons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E956OY3mJXE
You can’t just link a 25 minute video with no further explenation and expect anyone to actually watch it, and know what your point is.
I was busy so I just added the link. The point was mentioned after the initial clip of AOC speaking.
Anyway, she stated she was in favor of a neoliberal /neocon objective of spreading democracy. At the same time, she made her point with a massive word salad that appeared inauthentic.
Let Bernie rest :'(
I doubt he will run.
What a shame.
He’d only be eighty six years old.
Would love it but to old. If AOC ran with him as vice, I would back that.
Still doing the work to get fascists elected I see.
Is he not a democratic socialist?
As long you understand that appeasing your perspective on who the candidate needs to be isn’t important, we should be fine.
If you are BNMW/ Blue MAGA/ ABWD, whatever you want to call it: We don’t need to cater to your perspective. You’ll vote for anyone. Great. We appreciate you taking a back seat, because when previously your perspectives have been centered in the party, Democrats lose those elections to facsists or neoconservatives.
As long as you can accept that you don’t matter when it comes to who Democrats pick to run as president, we’re all good.
You’re not wrong
Getting downvoted for being right about the DNC, yep it’s .world’s politics forum.
Well. I can tell you this, that the ratios are better than they’ve ever been. My perspective and advocacy has moved from about a 10:1 downvote ratio to a about a 2:1/ 1:1 depending on the thread.
Liberals are beginning to understand how wrong they got it. But its a slow process. That being said, you can’t change a place like .world without being part of it. I think its important not to retreat when the majority is wrong about something.
I think Gavin’s going to do well even if the left is doing all the work spreading the right’s propaganda about him.
But maybe Bernie will win the primaries and it’ll usher in a new golden age and we’ll overthrow capitalism.
Gavin gives the whole thing to whomever the red fascist is. Period. Just fucking do what you are told this time and we’ll be fine.