The Democrats have and will continue to make 'defending democracy' a cornerstone of their campaign. Expect that to come up a lot at the DNC.
Only their die-hard base and the media (but we repeat ourselves) actually believe this. Because you need look no further than Kamala Harris' candidacy for president to know it's a lie. They don't like democracy. They like power.
And they'll do whatever it takes to gain and preserve it.
Kamala Harris has gotten zero primary votes this year and -- in 2020 -- had zero delegates. Even the Democratic Party base rejected her.
But here's Politico, carrying all the water for Kamala's campaign:
Trump tries to undermine Harris’ legitimacy as a candidate https://t.co/oViqooABFZ
— POLITICO (@politico) August 18, 2024
For former President Donald Trump, the 2024 race is a contest between him and Vice President Kamala Harris. And President Joe Biden.
During a rally in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Trump repeatedly blamed Harris and Democrats for Biden dropping out of the race more than a month ago — undermining Harris’ legitimacy as a candidate and highlighting his one-time opponent.
He claimed, without evidence, that the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week is “rigged” because Biden isn’t on the ticket. He said Biden is a worse debater than Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke. And Trump accused the media of being biased in favor of the president.
We love the 'without evidence' part -- Democratic primary voters chose Joe Biden. He dropped out and Kamala replaced him without a single vote cast for her.
'Rigged' is certainly a legitimate argument to make here.
But when Joe Biden says something without evidence, the media turn a blind eye or pass it off as a 'gaffe'. Heck, Joe Biden can lie -- take the 'very fine people on both sides' remark -- and the media run with it as if it were gospel truth.
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How many votes did she get?
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) August 18, 2024
A big, fat zero.
She wasn’t nominated by voters.
— @amuse (@amuse) August 18, 2024
Nope.
And if given a choice, we'd wager they'd reject her in the primaries again.
No one voted for her. The DEMS now install the people they want,,,,,and the puppet carries out their wishes with no backlash.
— Lisa (@Rockprincess818) August 18, 2024
The DEM party has no candidates that appeal to America, so they install them by manipulation and vote mongering.
But Trump called it 'rigged' without 'evidence'!
If Harris' campaign has legitimacy issues, that's her and her party's problem.
— Richard DeCamp (@richdecamp) August 18, 2024
Bingo.
This is the second @politico headline I’ve seen today that amounts to:
— Captain Willard’s Cigarette (@capn_willard) August 18, 2024
“Trump tries to point out an obvious truth we’ve been pretending not to know.”
And they spin it to make Trump look like the bad guy here.
Tell me, where are the votes she received? It’s not a throne, you don’t get to just pick, that’s not a democracy. You know, that word you guys keep screaming about.
— Elania 🇰🇷🇺🇸🏴🇿🇼 (@jazeemom) August 18, 2024
And screaming about and screaming about. Right up until it doesn't serve them anymore.
How dare he point out his opponent won zero primary votes and was installed by an elite cabal that worked to coup the former nominee.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 18, 2024
Unthinkable and out of bounds. https://t.co/IGNsPIYyfl
WITHOUT EVIDENCE!
Except for all the evidence.
well. biden won the primary in a landslide. so. yeah. https://t.co/tdn0HItrJy
— lisamarie (success best revenge) (@Lisa_from_SoCal) August 18, 2024
And Kamala didn't get a single vote.
"During a rally in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Trump repeatedly blamed Harris and Democrats for Biden dropping out of the race more than a month ago - undermining Harris’ legitimacy as a candidate."
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) August 18, 2024
Semantically, this is gibberish. It's just not how words work. https://t.co/kZyhS6TTug
No, it's not how words work. But it's how political partisan hackery does.
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