RFK Jr. out, Jill Stein staying in: Double boost for Trump
www.newsweek.com
Exclusive: Green Party candidate says she will not end her 2024 bid and is prepared for accusations she took votes away from Kamala Harris.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18991756

In a double boost for Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday afternoon threw his backing behind the former president in the 2024 presidential election while Jill Stein unequivocally stated she will not drop out of the race.

    • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      25 days ago

      She has no values she’s willing to increase the chance that our entire country crashes and burns and meets with fuckin Putin

        • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          25 days ago

          She can’t win. She stands to get like 1-2% while will be drawn almost entirely from progressives and whereas its impossible that she should get even a single EC college vote let alone 270 she could cause Trump to win if she takes enough votes in the margin.

          Which statement do you not understand?

          A) Jill can’t win.

          B) Losing votes on the margins could flip one or more swing states causing Harris to lose and Trump to win

          C) Trump winning again would be disastrous.

            • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              25 days ago

              I’m voting based on my principals that actually putting a Democrat in a possible goal is better than trying to send a political message.

              The electoral college means that additional votes in progressive states after getting 50%+ 1 are worth exactly zero whereas losing 1-2% in swing states can lose you enough swing states to lose the election. This means that progressive policies that won you +10% of the entire US population but lost you a fraction of 1% in the crucial states cause you to lose.

              Are you actually saying that you want to send the message that in order to earn your vote Democrats should do something incredibly stupid that will certainly cause them to lose?

                • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  24 days ago

                  The green party has failed for 40 years to win any federal office whilest running as a green. In those 4 decades in 50 states they have in total managed to elect someone to a state level house position twice and it hasn’t happened in 21 years! Its a certainty that the least effective party in history will once again fail. Given that its impossible to win you should vote for the person who isn’t going to destroy our country so you have a chance to make a political statement in 2028!