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Here's Tulsi Gabbard sharing in a transphobic joke with Michael Tracey. <3
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/sta...03721561350144
Meanwhile, in good news: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...rd/ar-BB17KkiF
May Tulsi never darken our doors again.State Sen. Kai Kahele (D), an active National Guard member, won the primary in Hawaii's 2nd District on Saturday in the race to replace retiring Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).
Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he’s reelected
President Trump pledged on Saturday to pursue a permanent cut to the payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare if he wins reelection in November, a hard-to-accomplish political gambit that some experts see as a major headache for the future of the country’s entitlement programs.
Trump unexpectedly promised the policy action as he signed a directive that aims to help cash-starved Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic. The order allows workers to postpone their payroll tax payments into next year but doesn’t absolve their bills outright — though the president said he would seek to waive what people owe if he prevails on Election Day.
“If I’m victorious on November 3rd, I plan to forgive these taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax,” Trump said at a news conference in Bedminster, N.J. “I’m going to make them all permanent.”
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Last edited by Robotman; 08-09-2020 at 09:00 AM.
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4 years ago, I think Warren would have done better than Bernie, she'd have split the Bernie vote and also attracted others along a wider spectrum (age, race, social-economic background, etc.)
The only reason why she didn't this time was that the Bernie Voter were so entrenched in the Bernie Movement that they weren't open-minded to other candidates. There are some who started out supporting Bernie but moved away from him. These people had a hard time voting for Clinton, some did, some didn't, but they are the same people who most likely would have voted fro Warren.
Last edited by Tami; 08-09-2020 at 09:03 AM.
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Those are two different things. Harris can be preferred amongst Democratic voters overall but also largely overlap with people who overwhelmingly are supporting Biden anyways (Biden won the plurality of Democratic voters). Warren can have less enthusiasm as Harris overall but she has far more in the places Biden and Harris lack and overall adds more to the ticket. There where the data suggests Warren has the advantage. She hits the places Biden and Harris can’t.
It’s like this, Biden won the primary. That would suggest amongst all the candidates he was the strongest overall. So theoretically if you had a clone of Biden he would be stronger independently than any other primary candidates. But if you put Biden and a clone of Biden on a Presidential ticket it actually has zero impact because it’s just a complete overlap.
There’s a lot of data to suggest that Warren was popular with left wing progressives (who may have chosen Bernie over her, but still found her more palatable to other options) and that she was also extremely popular with more modern suburban female Democrats who were not satisfied with Biden and were looking for alternatives.
So the data (which has been consistent) implies that Warren would smooth things over with progressives and moderates who weren’t all in on Biden but would be more amenable to having someone they did have affinity for on the ticket.
While wherever Harris is strong, it’s where Biden already is strong anyways, so it just becomes a wasted opportunity to strengthen a ticket.
And most polling data and anecdotes from sources in the Biden campaign say that is the case and he is very data driven by this.
people saying Harris is too ambitious is exactly WHY she should be the pick
it NEEDS to be a non white woman
if you need it explained to you why that is, I don't do unpaid labor to educate mayonnaise jars, you can ask for my *******
Honestly I think that’s fantasy booking. If Biden is a successful President then there is going to be immense pressure for him to run for a second term. And regardless being an appointed VP is not going to stave off Democrats from primarying the VP. Especially since as a VP you know you are likely going into 4 years where the prime agenda is cleaning up Trump’s mess, dealing with a pandemic, and honestly dealing with the economic fallout of both the pandemic. It might just be somebody holding the bag after Biden is sick of a cleaning
That is why whatever Trump is saying does not surprise me anymore for the last three years.
Yeah, it was all business. economy had something to do with decision.
Yah, she handled the covid crisis well. Her response kept the covid cases in Michigan below 100k cases.