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I don't know if I was one, but I'll own it. I'm not even a fucking Dem, I was (am) just that fucking terrified of President Trump. I didn't think there was enough time to select another candidate, and I would literally rather elect a vegetable than Trump.
The only possible candidate was Harris, and I didn't think we would rally to her as well as we did. I was wrong. I was wrong about a lot this election.
After Biden dropped out, I was all in on Harris. She was literally the only other option. But also, she was a damn good candidate for probably a month. Until she refused to distance herself from Biden on Gaza. But idk what happened behind the scenes. Probably big money pulled her aside and told her she'll back his policies or lose $100m.
I don't know. It didn't matter. Maybe Kamala lost because she is a woman and some things America just isn't ready for yet. Maybe she lost because she fucked up. Maybe it was the economy and no one but Trump was ever even in the running (honestly what I believe).
It certainly wasn't Gaza alone. Demographics prove that. Didn't even cost her Michigan by itself. But it was a blowout across the map.
I doubt Biden would've won either, so it didn't matter. At the end of the day, him dropping out didn't help us (maybe down ticket? Idk...)
I don't think I accused anyone specifically of being a foreign agitator, except one person who very clearly was not American and trying to pass themselves off as American and was trashing Biden and immediately pivoted to trashing Harris ("the ONE person worse than Biden!" Right...).
But if I did in my desperate attempt to support whoever was running against Trump, then I apologize. Those were contentious times. Fighting times. Now we all just have to survive the next four years and help one another the best we can.