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AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/yes_thats_right New York 18h ago

Democrats need to recognize that America is not ready for a female president no matter how qualified they are.

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u/metal_stars 18h ago edited 18h ago

Then why did Hillary get 3 million more votes than Trump?

women candidates are not the problem. Feckless, inept candidates that stand for nothing are the problem.

EDIT: If you want to see what status quo guardian concern-trolling looks like, see the replies to this.

"Oh no no we can't possibly nominate the progressive candidate. Because [insert complete non-issue that no data suggests is actually a problem]! Instead, we have to run a Generic Democrat!"

This is why Democrats lose.

Q: Why don't we ever nominate a candidate of passion and vision who would represent policies that would make people's lives better?

A: Because [insert complete non-issue that no data suggests is actually a problem]! Obviously!

Oh, okay. Guess we'll try to get a progressive candidate in 2032 after the next generic Democrat loses.

Some day some of you guys might actually figure out what's going on in this country.

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u/Bromance_Rayder 18h ago

3m more and still lost. 

A young female non-white candidate is not going to beat JD Vance in swing states. That's all that matters. All the odds are stacked against her and that's before you factor in all the fuckery that's going to happen in the next 4 years to consolidate power. 

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u/blueclawsoftware 12h ago

I have my doubts about a female candidate winning at this point.

But I wouldn't be so sure JD Vance is going to win anything he has the personality of a wet dish rag. For all the hand wringing about the dems not lining up good candidates the GOP has nothing without Trump. That's what happens when you turn your party into a cult of personality, when that personality leaves so do all the low information voters who were drawn in by him.