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This is particularly hilarious and nonsensical because orangeboi has been in charge of the place for 6 of the last 10 years
He will forever be remembered as the man who killed the American republic.
I mean… yes and no. He’s a symptom, not a root cause.
Not to mention, Biden and the DNC snatched defeat from the jaws of victory quite handily, because - and I quote - “nothing will fundamentally change”. And in 2020, though orangeboi was defeated, it was by no means the sort of victory the DNC claims it was, as people were simply voting for “not the obviously insane guy” at the time. And Obama rode a wave of passionate grassroots support to victory in 08, then didn’t / couldn’t capitalize on that success - again, largely thanks to the feckless nature of the DNC, so most of his supporters (including myself) feel more than a little burnt over that.
None of this happened in a vacuum. But the common denominator is two overarching things: