• MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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      5 days ago

      I think she’d be a great choice but we need a white guy to run. I hate to say it, but we need every advantage possible, and being a white man is an advantage. Maybe an AOC VP makes sense, but I’m very worried that the there’s at least enough truth to the racism/sexism claims about last year and I am sick of gambling peoples futures on candidates we know are going to struggle.

      • Liz@midwest.social
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        4 days ago

        We need to run an exciting candidate. Their race doesn’t matter. Elections these days are about getting your base excited and making the opponent’s apathetic. AOC is exciting. While her being a minority woman will piss off far right voters, it won’t be like it was with Hilary, who had decades of media attacks conditioning the right to absolutely despise her.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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          4 days ago

          We need to run an exciting candidate

          I’m tired of this comment.

          If we look for entertainers to become leaders, we get a trump. If we look for legislators, they’re not sexy.

          If the populace needs a clown to vote for, then let’s stop messing about and secede already.