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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jul 23, 2024, 01:38 PM Jul 2024

Trump Tries to Flip the Script on Democracy After Biden's Withdrawal

Ever since rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Democratic Party has sought to claim the mantle of democracy, painting Donald Trump and his allies as extremists willing to deny the will of voters to cling to power.

Now, after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and Democrats swiftly aligned behind Vice President Kamala Harris as a replacement, Republicans are trying to flip the argument.

In a series of statements and social media posts, Republicans have argued that Democrats, by pressuring Biden to quit, have “disenfranchised” the 14 million people who voted for him in the party primaries.

The accusation isn’t based on any party rule or supposed legal violation. Instead, it is the Republicans’ latest attempt to muddy the waters on an issue that helped Democrats win key races two years ago. Since Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat in 2020, which led to the Jan. 6 riot and criminal charges against the former president, Democrats have cast Republicans as a threat to democratic norms.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tries-flip-script-democracy-113823346.html

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Trump Tries to Flip the Script on Democracy After Biden's Withdrawal (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 OP
Con shit. Primary Voters elect delegates. Delegates represent voters bc can't have 14 million inside Convention center Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #1
Don't give a shit what Magats think gab13by13 Jul 2024 #2

Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Con shit. Primary Voters elect delegates. Delegates represent voters bc can't have 14 million inside Convention center
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 01:44 PM
Jul 2024

This claim is more Con shit "flooding the zone". It's a non-issue and should be dismissed with almost no discussion and then conversations moved to real topics like Project 2025, destruction of women's rights, proposed rich tax cut (hidden again as some kind of fake middle class tax cut).

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