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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 04:58:09 JST Paul Cantrell

   • mekka okereke :verified:
   • Kim Scheinberg

   @kims @mekkaokereke
   I see all of this as an attempt to drive a wedge into the Republican Party: “We want all political perspectives, sure, as long as you’re not a fascist.” I do think that’s an effective wedge: if you can pit even, say, 15% of the GOP against the rest of the party, the party crumbles.

   Whether it makes sense as an electoral strategy, I don’t know; I’m not an electoral strategist. But I think that’s the lens through which to evaluate this tack.

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 05:02:57 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Kim Scheinberg

     @inthehands @kims

     I am an electoral strategist. And I'm right, a lot. 🔮🧙🏿♂️

     And I'm telling you all as I've been telling y'all for over a year, that Dems can't win with only 70% support from Black men. Dems can't lose with 90% support. These efforts do not win you enough white votes. But they do cost you a lot of Black votes.

     White folk as a group will vote for Trump. They are the only group that will vote for Trump. But Dems can win. 🤷🏿♂️

     The Dem "path to defeat," is suppressing their own base.

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     bhcompy (bhcompy@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 07:11:59 JST bhcompy

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     @inthehands
     It is literally the way you have to defeat fascism (outside of war). It cannot be tolerable in society, and the ballot box is how you enforce that