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In reply to the discussion: We got our asses kicked and all I see are excuses. [View all]ecstatic
(35,085 posts)Good old' boys network: The good old boys protected trump. He was dead in the water after J6. Barr, McConnell, and then Garland allowed trump to come back to life. They didn't think it was worth holding him accountable for their own ridiculous reasons, and now an incompetent traitorous criminal will be back in the white house.
Poor "real time" messaging: Democrats did a horrible job explaining all the good that was done IN REAL TIME during Biden's term. All that fighting and walking the picket lines. For what? Nobody knew, nobody cared. Meanwhile, the gop has been pumping out propaganda for decades. They reach our potential voters by attacking from the right but also attacking from a left perspective (designed to keep voters home / discouraged). We were all surprised by the statistic that Bill Clinton cited at the DNC--why is that? It is really fucked up that even Democrats are not aware of the dramatic difference between republican job creation and democratic job creation.
Hopelessly dumb people: Yes, that's a major reason as well. Everyone saw what trump did on January 6. Everyone has seen the chaos, lies, and cruelty. They somehow think that a mass deportation plan won't potentially put them at risk of being picked up and tossed into a camp. They want to give cops the power to "deport" people. There were dumb people who were hung up on Kamala's ethnicity or who she might have slept with.
Resentful (dumb) people: A lot of resentment around what they think migrants are receiving in the form of cash and luxury hotels.
Voter suppression: Well documented. The gop passed dozens of laws all over the US in 2021 after Garland failed to act and shut down trump's lies and gaslighting.
Misogyny: People who still believe that women can't be president!!!
Also, trump brought in a LOT of new political newbies into the fray. Political newbies have a simple view of the world and how things work and they tend to go through certain stages before they settle on their final belief system. One of the first stops is usually anti-undocumented immigrants and resentment surrounding that. Then when you factor in all the uninformed influencers like Joe Rogan and others spouting mis/dis-info day and night--it was like a perfect storm really.
So there you have it. Now I'll wait for you to explain how we can counter those things.
Again, the best we can do is pump out our own propaganda at the levels and speed of the gop/rightwing.