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minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIf I were to Americanize it: This is essentially if Ted Cruz, or better yet Chris Christie, beat Donald Trump in the general election. Undeniably a good thing as it’d mean no more Trump and it’s kinda humilating for him. But it means… yeah. One of them at the helm.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days ago Undeniably a good thing Actually it’s quite easy to deny that Ted Cruz or Chris Christie would be a good thing. This is like some real Dem thinking.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThat’s why there was a whole rest of the sentence.
minus-squareGuy Ingonito@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoSomeone on Bluesky said it was like if the Dems had lost to Trump 4 times and then ran Mit Romney and won by a historic landslide
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days ago then ran Mit Romney Dems wouldn’t go that far left.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThat’s a better comparison, actually. Mitt very publicly doesn’t like Trump, but voted with him like 80% of the time.
If I were to Americanize it: This is essentially if Ted Cruz, or better yet Chris Christie, beat Donald Trump in the general election. Undeniably a good thing as it’d mean no more Trump and it’s kinda humilating for him.
But it means… yeah. One of them at the helm.
Actually it’s quite easy to deny that Ted Cruz or Chris Christie would be a good thing.
This is like some real Dem thinking.
That’s why there was a whole rest of the sentence.
Someone on Bluesky said it was like if the Dems had lost to Trump 4 times and then ran Mit Romney and won by a historic landslide
Dems wouldn’t go that far left.
That’s a better comparison, actually. Mitt very publicly doesn’t like Trump, but voted with him like 80% of the time.