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50 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Apr \ on: Getting the Recession Out of the Way? econ

I can't say this is what happened, but I was saying all throughout the last presidential campaign that the establishment seemed perfectly content to let the economy fall out from under Trump once he took office.

39 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 4 Apr

Yep, for a while I thought they were actually throwing the election. I mean, Harris is so bad maybe that was what happened.

65 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Apr

"They" sort of did throw the election. As in, the "real" Democrat challengers opted to sit it out.

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 4 Apr

True. Biden even running was really what made me believe that was happening. If they wanted to win he should have stepped aside and allowed their process to be completed. If I were a democrat THAT is what I would be complaining about. They blew it really.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 4 Apr

The optics of taking the nomination from a woman of color and the sitting VP were too bad for anyone to seriously considering challenging Kamala

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 4 Apr

Yeah, for sure but still. Biden running was the issue. If he had bowed out there could have been an open primary. Whatever, who knows what these snakes are really up to.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Apr

I think they would have if they thought they had a real chance at winning. All the big shots in the party were supposedly trying to make that happen.