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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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FINALLY someone thought up "what are you gonna do, vote for the other guy?????"

collecting a sweet paycheck advising dems to do the same fucking shit for literally decades

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You're forgetting that the party as well as all their donors want Trump. They aren't running an election to win, they're running it to lose just enough to give them plausible deniability.

They love Trump because it means they don't need to justify anything. They just need to occasionally come out and condemn him. He also pulls criticism for the system onto himself. He's the ultimate heel.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I guarantee Pelosi has never seen more donations than immediately after she sassily applauded Trump that one time