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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 66 points 4 months ago (4 children)

This is excellent. They have absolutely nothing of substance to use as ammunition. They will have only their bigotry and absurd conspiracy theories as we head into election season.

Biden is a national treasure for this.

[–] griD 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I went sleuthing last night. Skimming some pertinent imageboards/forums, looking for the spin they'd be going with. I encountered sheer panic and they got nothing, except misogyny/racism and the lame claim she isn't a mother. That's it - for now.

E.g. on /pol/ they were trolling themselves with a supposedly deceased Biden because he went AWOL for 5 days or something. LMAO.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

misogyny/racism and the lame claim she isn’t a mother.

So... their problem now is that the new DNC front-runner also doesn't fit with their worldview? You're right, they really don't have anything. What were they going to do if Biden died? The lack of foresight here isn't surprising, but it certainly is impressive in its consistency.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

That is outstanding! Thank you for getting your hands dirty for the additional insight and comedy!

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I dont see how this will do anything but put off the moderate republicans the MAGA cultists will go more extreme but those are lost anyway, but I assume there are plenty of registered Republicans who will be put off by the GOP tactics

[–] dumples@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

This shows that the GOP is playing angry white man identity politics. If you aren't that you aren't welcome

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't know if we do cake days here, but awesome username and happy cake day! I imagine you're a fellow reddit refugee :P

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Thank you! Yes, I am a Reddit refugee. Please have some cake. I couldn't possibly eat all of this.