• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I feel she also may be saying certain stuff just to close off avenues of attack for Republicans. She’d rather just say something conservatives would like to hear than give a hedging response to appease the base that Trump and co would run with. For example, when asked about guns, she said “I’m a gun owner, so is Walz” — it’s just not worth losing this election over being pure on a handful of issues that might trigger moderates and swayable conservatives.

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      2 months ago

      I’m pretty far left of Harris and I would be furious if she got up there and said she was going to ban fracking. We might like to hear that, but it’s a goddamn fact that swing voters she needs to win in PA do not. She can say whatever the fuck she wants about fracking as long as she wins.