• BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    100% pressure from the debate. I didn’t hear a peep from the Palestine vocalists for weeks leading up to his announcement, only his debate performance.

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      3 months ago

      So the fact that Uncommitted votes across multiple swing states added up to more than the margins he won by in those states in 2020 had no influence.

      I think you know that’s not true. His debate performance was the final straw but wouldn’t have been enough on its own. The dems were calculating (wrongly, I think) that they could ignore the anti-genocide demographic as long as they made up for it with right-wing independents. The debate happened and the combination of losing both groups of voters made it impossible to ignore reality, even for the neoliberal establishment.

      Biden being ousted was a referendum by voters on his support for the genocide as much as it was about age.

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        3 months ago

        I disagree, but you make valid points. I just don’t think that it truly played any part in the decision.