• Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Maybe Hilldawg could have campaigned in Wisconsin or taken seriously that even if she won the popular vote, that the Electoral College actually mattered.

    Reminder, she did win the popular vote. The majority did vote for her.

    Or maybe Obama could have kept his campaign promise that codifying Roe vs. Wade in law was his first order of business.

    But sure, it’s our fault, Hilldawg, because we didn’t vote hard enough.

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      1 year ago

      I fail to see why you’re turning this around on her. She simply stated a fact that became reality.

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        This happens every election cycle. We do our job by electing them. They are privy to what will happen and fail to act when they have the power to do so. Who else do we blame? The universe?

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          If Hillary were president instead of Trump we wouldn’t see this stacked court.

          That has nothing to do with Obama’s promise or whatever.

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            It has everything to do with Obama’s promise. By not following through on his promise to legislate it into law, the opportunity to reverse the previous court decision was always a thing that could happen. Acting like them not taking the opportunity when they had it means its the fault of the voting public is pure bullshit.

            Instead, Obama used his political capital to pass Romneycare, which while it helped a lot of poor people, has made the insurance market even worse for many, who still have insurance that they can’t afford to actually use.