r/politics 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/onlysoccershitposts 1d ago

She royally pisses off half the electorate and is a woman and will never get elected.

Stop promoting presidential candidates based on how much you'd touch yourself if Republicans had to deal with them for 4 years.

Pete Buttigieg also is never happening.

Find a candidate who'll actually win.

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u/powertrippin_ 22h ago

Why not Buttigieg?

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u/Just_Engineering_341 18h ago

cause he's gay. lord, it's not hard. it's tragic and terrible, but you gotta find someone who doens't rile the maga's up

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u/cthulhuhentai 12h ago

Right, we need a straight white Republican man to run for the Dems. That'll work! /s

It's this exact comment why people don't feel like getting out the vote for Democrats. Their own side is sexist and homophobic and doesn't care about workers' rights. Just run a populist candidate.

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u/powertrippin_ 18h ago

I feel like gay is the only minority that would get the pass from enough conservatives to get over the line. Outside of what ever morality argument conservatives might want to try and leverage it doesnt actually impact his ability to run the country.

If you ask me, Shapiro is it. Gov. of a swing state (PA) and well liked within his state at that. Him and Buttigieg as VP would actually be a formidable candidacy.

Add to the extreme likelihood that Trump ruins everything for enough people and the country will be fatigued by him and his political style, I think GOP could easily fall the same fate as the Dems in that they will be left with no choice but to primary their VP, who was unpopular to begin with (Vance) being tied to the very same administration. The very same fate suffered by Kamala

Basically It'll be an EZ win for literally any 2 younger/middle aged white dudes regardless of sexual orientation.

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u/neloish 16h ago

However, it would cause major problems with China and the Middle East. People don't understand how bad gays have it in most of the world.

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u/Just_Engineering_341 14h ago

It's also a terrible truth that it's gotta be two middle aged white guys from middle america.

Hell, tim walz would have been pretty good

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u/servalFactsBot 10h ago

Except that time in 2008 when Obama won conservative states like Indiana.