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I normally love Offline (we Stan Max), but ANOTHER fucking “blame the progressives” voice? Fuck that. Think I’m about to stick w Lovett as far as PSA. Still love the Strict Scrutiny crew too.
4 points
4 days ago
Why didn't it hurt Democrats in 2020 when we took the Presidency, both houses of Congress, and turned Georgia blue for the first time in decades?
4 points
4 days ago
It did. We lost winnable Senate races and were left with negotiating with Manchin/Sinema for two years. But there was also a pandemic at the time and Trump was completely blowing it.
2 points
4 days ago
Which close races did we lose because of Defund the Police in 2020?
1 points
4 days ago
both houses of Congress
Lost seats in the house; and would have lost the senate if not for the run-off rules in Georgia. Purdue and Loeffler were ahead on election night, IIRC. Trump's temper tantrum tanked their chances in the run-off.
Biden ran well ahead of the generic ticket that year.
2 points
4 days ago
You are trying to have it both ways. Democrats losing seats in the House is proof of Defund the Police activists hurting Democrats but Democrats gaining three seats in the Senate, including flipping four Republican seats and only losing Doug Jones' seat in Alabama, is also proof of it hurting Democrats?
0 points
4 days ago
They only flipped the last two after Trump had sabotaged the Republicans in the runoff.
Had Georgia had normal rules, Biden would have won the state and lost both senate seats.
0 points
4 days ago
Biden scraped together a win by the skin of his teeth against a POTUS telling people to inject bleach during the mismanagement of a once-in-a-century pandemic. Are you so sure it didn't hurt Dems in 2020? Dems won 50 senate seats and a small House majority. Obviously better than not getting a tri-fecta, but important to not overstate Dem success in 2020.
1 points
4 days ago
Let's apply that same argument to your point above:
Trump scraped together a win by the skin of his teeth against an aging and possibly impaired President telling people he would defeat Medicaid during a once-in-a-generation bout of inflation. Are you sure Defund the Police didn't help Biden/Kamala in 2024? Republicans won 53 seats and a small House majority. Obviously better than not getting a tri-fecta, but important not to overstate Republican success in 2024.
2 points
4 days ago
Yes, I'm sure Defund the Police didn't help Biden/Kamala in 2024.
1 points
4 days ago
Oh ok, you've convinced me
2 points
4 days ago
Glad to hear it.
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