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Comment by dgfitz | Hacker News Reader

Sure would have been great if, in 2016 and 2024 elections, the democrats had nominated someone who could have beat Trump. Or conversely, had not nominated the two people who didn't stance a chance.

But yeah, keep railing against the GOP.

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Im not sure anyone could have beaten Trump. It was his time, the prior 4 years pushed many over to his base. I voted for Clinton and Biden but there was no one that could have gotten me to vote Dem last election

I said it many times on this forum, Harris had no platform. There was nothing to vote for.

I’m just so tired of “fuck the GOP” when, as you say, it was inevitable. People love to hate a villain, I get it. “It was Hilarys turn, we will just keep marching forward” really didn’t work out. This GOP narrative is basically screaming into a mirror. Not your GOP narrative, not picking on you. Just frustrated.

I hear you. And based on how the left has reacted to his term so far, I'm not sure there is anyone currently that can prevent a Vance or Desantis presidency next time. The left is to far left, they have abandoned the center and the center has sought safety in the GOP. Not because we want to be there but because there is literally no where else for us to go. My politics have not changed, but the party I have voted for for almost 3 decades very much has.

We have left leaning main stream media organizations implying that a jeans commercial is a nazi rallying cry because it features a white woman. I just cant vote how I used to vote and look my young sons in the eye. The Dem party is gone.

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