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lostincalifornia

(5,545 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2025, 04:20 PM Jul 2025

It seems that a lot of folks want to blame garland for trump and [View all]

what is happening today?

How about those that refused to vote for Hillary in the general election which gave us the Supreme Court we have today, and judges like Canon.

What about those that refused to vote for VP Harris, and those that refused to endorse her, knowing full well the message that would send would discourage people from voting?

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It seems that a lot of folks want to blame garland for trump and [View all] lostincalifornia Jul 2025 OP

Ah yes what aboutism . the fact that people sat out the election doesn't give Garland a pass Fullduplexxx Jul 2025 #1

Amen ! republianmushroom Jul 2025 #2

I never gave a pass to garland, that is your words not mine. However, lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #5

While I agree that he should have moved more quickly and aggressively, Ocelot II Jul 2025 #3

Without a doubt, because that is exactly what they did, and what is so frustrating lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #6

There's plenty of blame to go around. Harker Jul 2025 #4

In some ways you are correct, but the unfortunate fact is that this SC would lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #7

Kamala Harris won the election gab13by13 Jul 2025 #8

In whose reality? Did Hillary also win in 2016, because it was what lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #12

Well, it's not an either or ... Patton French Jul 2025 #9

Some folks just have an extremely unhealthy obsession with Garland that is severely detached from reality. tritsofme Jul 2025 #10

I wish they have the same obsession with this SC. lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #13

Fuck Garland. nt LexVegas Jul 2025 #11

Ya, fuck them too JoseBalow Jul 2025 #14

How can you blame millions of anonymous voters rather than Garland? It was his doc03 Jul 2025 #15

Not too difficult since those "anonymous" voters knew the SC was at stake in 2016, and those "anonymous" lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #17

trashed that one RussBLib Jul 2025 #16

LOL, no more deja vu that those who continue to blame garland for all our ills, even though it is quite lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #18