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jmowreader

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 02:28 PM Jul 15

Don't kid yourself. This is the REAL reason Democrats lost 2024 [View all]

Well, two: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, or FUD; and four years of Lies.

Trump, his inner circle, and an extremely Trump-friendly media - not just traditional media outlets like Fox News, One America News Network and the Epoch Times, but an extensive network of far-right Internet personalities - spent every second from Election Day 2020 to Election Day 2024 selling the notion that if we elected anyone but Trump your life would become a country song: you'd lose your job, your house, your truck and your guns, the only place you would be able to get food is from one of the taco trucks on every corner, your sons would all become drag queens, your daughters would all be drafted into the infantry and sent to war where they'd all die because Girls Can't Be Warriors, your dog would start shooting up fentanyl and your cat would transition into a rabbit. Or some damn thing like that. Oh, and Biden was so demented he'd sign over the entire country to the President of Lower East Goatfuck for another scoop of ice cream.

Guess what, folks? IT WORKED! It was almost like a Marx Brothers sketch...

RW: "The stock market is collapsing."
America: "Actually, the stock market is higher than it's ever been."

RW: "Biden is a doddering old fool."
America: "He's a lot sharper than guys twenty years younger than him. He's definitely sharper than Trump was."

RW: "Biden is causing the deficit to explode."
America: "The deficit is half what it was when Trump left office."

RW: "Illegals are storming our nation and Biden is doing nothing to stop them."
America: "Biden has expelled far more illegals than Trump did."

RW: "Who are you going to believe, me or your own lying eyes?"
America: "Well, since you put it that way...yeah, Biden was totally ate up. You got any of those hats left?"

All these analyses of "why the Democrats lost" that I keep reading totally leave out the fact that the Republicans spent four years putting their fifty-pound thumb on the scale in an effort to put Trump back in office.

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Don't forget "LibsOfTikTok" WarGamer Jul 15 #1
Libs of TikTok is part of the Internet mob jmowreader Jul 15 #2
Libsoftiktok is a troll who was at January 6th and makes a living doxxing and harassing teachers for fun. Initech Jul 15 #3
Any explanation that doesn't mention racism and sexism is flawed imo Arazi Jul 15 #4
I agree with the OP senseandsensibility Jul 15 #5
I would say the attitudes listed in the OP are covers for sexism and racism. I think many Scrivener7 Jul 15 #6
(Touching Nose With Forefinger.) BurnDoubt Jul 15 #7
You have them, dead to rights. paleotn Jul 15 #13
So Obama isn't an African American? synni Jul 15 #21
"But historically, it's rare that any vice president gets elected..." MichMan Jul 16 #25
Technically, Gore won in 2000 but... yardwork Jul 16 #27
Thank you for sharing your experience here. yardwork Jul 16 #26
Inflation also played a major role... bsiebs Jul 15 #8
No big surprise that DJTACO didn't ban TicToc after he got in office. progressoid Jul 15 #9
Now hear this. usonian Jul 15 #10
Palestine! Palestine!! Palestine!!! guyfromla Jul 15 #11
This thread is not about genocide. murielm99 Jul 15 #14
They put just as much evidence into their claim as the OP did EdmondDantes_ Jul 16 #31
I will accept the U.N. definition of genocide, murielm99 Jul 16 #37
Giving up our democracy has helped the people of Gaza how bottomofthehill Jul 16 #34
Dems fought with honor, honesty, trust, truth. There's a Game of Thrones clip about just that, too wiggs Jul 15 #12
Oh, and vote tabulators uploading through starlink, too, but yeah. Think. Again. Jul 15 #15
Please remember VP Harris Internal Polls bottomofthehill Jul 16 #35
Yeah, polls are wrong a lot... Think. Again. Jul 16 #39
2-4% of voters can't imagine a woman President. speak easy Jul 15 #16
Agree. Let alone a woman of color. Katinfl Jul 16 #28
Absolutely!! get the red out Jul 16 #29
Inflation was a big one In It to Win It Jul 15 #17
change America replying "undocumented immigrants" instead of "illegals" Skittles Jul 15 #18
Inflation and delusion EnergizedLib Jul 15 #19
Responsibility mkp Jul 15 #20
Thank you. Joinfortmill Jul 15 #22
"It's rigged, folks." czarjak Jul 15 #23
The biggest factor was that at least 6 million people sat on their ass in 2024 because flashman13 Jul 15 #24
Did they really stay home? Maybe they tried to vote and their votes were suppressed FakeNoose Jul 16 #30
Fair point. Many voter lists were purged. bottomofthehill Jul 16 #36
That doesn't explain why turnout in Dem controlled areas was lower Kaleva Jul 16 #38
Biden worked for our country. Trump is purely in it for himself. Norrrm Jul 16 #32
Voting against their own best interests to stick it to the libs. Norrrm Jul 16 #33
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