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My father is shaky. He has decided "it might be better for the country if Trump won"  but voting for him is a bridge too far. He has voted Democratic since 1988.

I work in a GOP office and Biden probably won 45% here in 2020. He will be lucky to get 15% in 2024. And this is fairly representive of those who are Republicans for ideological/policy reasons rather than vibes but felt Trump personally was unfit.

Biden has offered them 0. Nada. He has simultaneously run the most partisan administration in American history when it comes to appointments/governance, while also running the most leftwing.

Every single Republican and Conservative I know(and I am not counting people who agree with MSNBC on everything- ie pro-choice, Ukraine flags, pro trans) but are currently active politically, despises Biden and this administration.  They don't dislike it. They aren't disappointed. They despise it, and believe the country may not survive it.

Now for those who felt Trump was unfit and January 6th along with the two months preceding it were a traumatic experience this presents a quandary. But at the moment this group, which lent Biden their votes in 2020 and in some cases voted Democin 2022 is leaning towards Trump. And for most it's Trump or a write-in. They will never vote for Biden again.

That's DC Republican circles + tech for you though. So maybe not Biden's target swing voters.

There shouldn't be a partisan narrative. The problem is that the lab claim was made prior to the emergence of evidence. Asking questions is one thing, but you don't get points for guessing sh!t. It's also pretty tacky to be using this pandemic to score political points. I have my share of complaints on how it was handled but I'm generally going to lean on what the current scientific consensus says more than some troll on 8chan or XXX or Trump's own stupid advice he gave during the pandemic to take hydroxychloroquine. Also, Trump could have fired Fauci at any time. He opted not to. But the bottom line is misinformation is a pandemic in itself.

It's a good thing they're suspending the funding.

Trump could have fired Fauci.  He could have fired Fauci after the election, out the door..  He didn't, and that's on him.

But the reason Trump didn't fire him was because of the near-deification of Fauci by almost the entire Democratic Left.  Fauci had political capital that was given to him by Democrats and Democratic donors.  They ought to be taken to task.

That includes the bulk of the Red Avatars here.  Those who were shilling for bats and wet markets as a serendipitous genesis for COVID-19 and defending Fauci ought to be able to say, "Yes, I was wrong."

No. 

I dont think they realize just how easy they are making it to promote anti Semitism when you virtue signal in such an extreme manner that would get you labeled a traitor if you vowed unconditional support to Mexico or Sri Lanka. Unconditional support is by it's very definition treason.

That's a feature and not a bug for the lunatics running this country.

[Virginia is safe D.]

Georgia and North Carolina.

Maybe Michigan and Pennsylvania to some degree.

Virginia is safe D.

Most blacks live in Southside or in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area, and comprise about a fifth of the state's total population -and much more than that within the Virginia Democratic Party itself.  If we start losing them, we're in trouble.  Fortunately, the claim about Trump making inroads with African Americans is nothing more than a chimera, and with the GOP in the grip of white nationalists, I am not going to worry too much. 

There shouldn't be a partisan narrative. The problem is that the lab claim was made prior to the emergence of evidence. Asking questions is one thing, but you don't get points for guessing sh!t. It's also pretty tacky to be using this pandemic to score political points. I have my share of complaints on how it was handled but I'm generally going to lean on what the current scientific consensus says more than some troll on 8chan or XXX or Trump's own stupid advice he gave during the pandemic to take hydroxychloroquine. Also, Trump could have fired Fauci at any time. He opted not to. But the bottom line is misinformation is a pandemic in itself.

It's a good thing they're suspending the funding.

The main problem is Trump's ego - I seriously doubt he would uphold his end of the bargain, especially if it involves something like a ban from running for/holding public office.

GA I think will be the easiest swing state for Trump to siphon.

Spiro Agnew took a plea deal and resigned. I don’t think the idea is completely out of the question, but I don’t see it happening in this case.

[It also threatens to cut off funding for the Defense Department, the State Department and the National Security Council until the arms that have been suspended have been delivered.]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/politics/house-bill-reverse-israel-arms-pause.html

“Israel has one friend in the world; it cannot afford to have only half of one friend,” said Representative Brad Sherman, Democrat of California. Including language in the bill that condemned the Biden administration by name, he said, was a purposeful effort by Republicans to “get as little Democratic support as possible.”

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The measure would compel the delivery of approved defense articles and services to Israel within 15 days of enactment. It also threatens to cut off funding for the Defense Department, the State Department and the National Security Council until the arms that have been suspended have been delivered. And it would reaffirm Israel’s right to defend itself.

The title is accurate. They chose to write the bill in this way. You can't play a game like this and have it both ways.