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    No. She’s the vice president, and it’s very common for a vice president to become the candidate in the next election.

    Because I doubt you’ll care enough to click that link, here’s a partial list:

    John Adams (under George Washington)
    Thomas Jefferson (under John Adams)
    Martin van Buren (under Andrew Jackson)
    John Breckenridge (under James Buchanan)
    Henry Wallace (under Franklin Roosevelt)
    Richard Nixon (under Dwight Eisenhower)
    Walter Mondale (under Jimmy Carter)
    George H W Bush (under Ronald Reagan)
    Al Gore (under Bill Clinton)

    And I’ve left out many, many more who didn’t wind up with the nomination, partly because I’m on mobile and cross-referencing between Lemmy and web sites is a lot of work.

    This is nothing remotely like nepotism. Pretty much every VP does this. It’s part of the point, ffs.

    Any more arguments I can immediately debunk with facts?

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      So you ignored the substance of my statement to get a gotcha moment? You need self reflection because you still havent found any actual reason to like Harris. Like where is the student debt relief? Can we not fund genocide? Money printer go brrrrr, but what would Harris Change oh not a thing comes to mind, like why do you support your preferred candidate, can I get an elevator pitch please?

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        No, I didn’t ignore your comment at all. I countered it with the fact that a VP becoming the next presidential candidate is not only not remotely like nepotism, but is the standard for US politics, going back to the 18th century.

        Your anger at me is misplaced. I do understand how the system works, and I don’t like it either. But I prefer to direct my outrage where it will actually make a difference, and I’ve pointed out where you can, too: we need to change the system so 3rd parties actually matter. In the meantime, I’ll oppose anyone who will usher in a fascist government where women and minorities will have their rights stripped away, and where Christian nationalism will be forced into our orifices.

        How is that hard to understand?

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          Ok so I am debating the candidates, and you keep moving the discussion. This suggest to me you can not defend your actual position which appears to be pro-Harris. Eta you think a prosecutor who went after smoking weed who is supported by even Dick Cheney, is not an establishment player? Because why? Because shes not a white man? Like this strains credulity.

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            How am I moving the discussion? I’m directly addressing your comments, which so far have had nothing to do with the candidates’s policies, but about Harris’s ‘popularity’ and ‘nepotism’.

            If you want to talk about real issues, I’m all ears. I gave you the elevator pitch you asked for. Now let’s hear yours.

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              Kamala Harris is unpopular

              What happened to tearing down border wall?  How come evil Trump closed the border with a signature, Biden reopened it same way but somehow Trump blocks closing the border?

              Where is the Biden student loan relief?

              Why are we still giving arms to Israel?

              The inflation reduction act Biden brought into existence has given us more inflation than anything.

              But ya know talk about how vps run for president to ignore reality.

              Im not even asking you to convert me, I literally asked why you specifically supported her and you wouldn’t even do that. More orange man bad because im too ignorant about the Canadian.

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                Kamala Harris is unpopular.

                You keep saying this, what’s your source?

                The border is not open. Again, source? The border has never been open. The closest the US has come to an ‘open’ border was during Ellis Island and when it erected a huge statue that said:

                Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
                Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

                Do you disagree with those words, engraved at the feet of the Statue of Liberty?

                The borders are not open. Most of the people you hear about that come through the southern border (and there are far fewer than right-wing media scaremongers about) are refugees, which are immediately directed to official offices that the US is required by mutual UN treaties to accept and process. Again, you should look into this more before getting angry about it.

                Biden’s student loan relief is being repeatedly fucked by Republicans in Congress. That should take you two seconds to see. Haven’t you noticed it being on and off just within the past week? They’re intentionally making it a campaign issue to fuck with people exactly like you.

                I completely agree with you about Israel. I hate this stupid holy war. But the Republicans want it to be far worse.

                Biden has not made inflation worse, that’s just ridiculous. The economy is as nimble as the Titanic, and we’re still feeling the ramifications of trump’s inane economic policies. The US is experiencing far lower inflation than the rest of the world right now, in large part due to the course correction over the last 3 years. Take a course on US and global economies and get back to me.

                The rest of your comment shows me you haven’t listened to a word I’ve said, and shows you to be a dishonest interlocutor. I’ve spent a lot of time here engaging with you, with honesty and diligence, and it’s becoming clear you don’t have the respect or maturity to reply in kind. If you don’t have anything productive to say in response, I think we’re done.

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                  Bro 10% of Cuba has emigrated to America since Biden took office thanks to his CBP One app Source, thats not including all the Venzuelans. i think you are severely misinformed, I have the same problem with the bridge and tunnel crowd who think Biden is the best cause so many get to WFH. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFaEGXsP/ This is what NYC looks like rn.

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                    You need to provide better sources. Your first source is highly suspect, and the only source I can find that remotely support your numbers is the Heritage Foundation , who have a long track record of outright lying to scare conservatives (and it’s still far lower than 10% of the Cuban population, which would be nearly 2 million, but the total number of applicants – not all of whom were accepted – since 2020 is roughly 500,000).

                    Your final link is a TikTok? Holy shit.