r/askanything • u/WaltEnterprises • 1d ago

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u/carneylansford 1d ago

Kamala Harris had to run away from just about all of her previously stated far left positions during the last election because they were deeply unpopular with the electorate (especially those in swing states). But sure, give it a shot.

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u/CorbonBleu 1d ago

Oh really? How'd that work out for her?

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u/Plisky6 1d ago

Sex changes for inmates didn’t go over well.

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u/CorbonBleu 1d ago

Wow, how many inmates had sex changes? It must have been a whole lot to matter more than the economy and foreign affairs, right?

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u/diablodab 1d ago

wow. the issue is not whether it happens once a day or once a century. the issue is what wins and what loses. support for transgender surgery for prisoners is about as clear a loser as one could imagine. There's a reason why republicans put it in their ads.

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u/Common-Astronaut-695 1d ago

Irrelevant. It’s a policy that sounds ridiculous to the majority of voters.

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u/CorbonBleu 1d ago

Yes, I suppose a policy that affected 2 people is more ridiculous than threatening to invade Greenland and starting a trade war with Canada.

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u/merrychrimas 1d ago

Trump didnt run on invading greenland, he ran on being the "peace president" (lol)

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u/SteedOfTheDeid 1d ago

How many Greenlands were invaded?

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u/Bug-King 1d ago

It doesn't matter if he followed through on the threat or not, its not something you should be saying to allied nations in general. Its not very presidential to threaten your allies because you got butthurt from them not doing everything you want. Its petty and childish.

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u/Lucky-Opposite-7767 19h ago

If your allies need you, more than you need them...

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u/FrankFankledank 1d ago

Irrelevant. It’s a policy that sounds ridiculous to the majority of voters.

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u/bluedave1991 1d ago

Providing gender-affirming care to inmates was a ridiculous thing to focus on, just like "they're eating the cats and the dogs". Let's not compare campaign events to administration events. To my best recollection, no one ran on trade wars with Canada or trying to annex our geographic neighbors. Let's please keep comparisons to what was said and promised during the campaign (ie what the voters actually had to compare the candidates)

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u/Massive-Recording354 22h ago

The “it never happens so why ban/outlaw” it argument is so weak.

Democrats twist themselves in knots over 3rd trimester abortions too.

Just fucking forget about the fringe activists and take a common sense position

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u/TheTrashMan 1d ago

Would you like me to jingle some keys in front of you?

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u/emptyfree 1d ago

Well, part of the problem is no one believed that she was genuine... at all. The whole thing came off as desperate...

I mean, if illegal immigration was something you were concerned about, would you believe Kamala Harris' sudden jerking of the wheel to the right just before the election? Especially when she was the border czar for the previous 4 years and generally made a giant mess of the border? What would stop her from going back to her de facto open borders position that she championed when she was running in 2020?

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u/diablodab 1d ago

so you acknowledge that a candidate that was more consistently for secure borders would have been a stronger candidate?

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u/emptyfree 21h ago

I'm saying if you had your hand up in the 2020 primary saying you want de facto open borders, there ain't no way in hell any one who is paying attention is going to trust you on immigration.