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AOC says many Democrats who want Biden to drop out don't want Harris on the ticket either (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is a pretty generous use of the word 'won'.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space -4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

RFK JR and Marianne Williamson ran against him and it was basically no contest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

That's specifically why he's saying "won".. there was no competition.

What if I told you.. it was designed this way.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 3 points 4 months ago

I'm going to point out my initial statement, candidates and voters have to engage in the primary process if it is to be effective in ousting an incumbent.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Then why did he win through write-ins where he wasn't even on the ballot?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68077090

[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 months ago

I didn't realize that RFK Jr. and Williamson were the best alternatives that Dems had to offer. That they were given equal funding and air time. That they got a fair chance to square off against the president directly over ideas. Carry on then.