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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's important to note that we're speculating for the most part, because Kamala didn't make any equivocal statements or release a platform until two weeks before the election, but I do find it laughable when someone pretends Democrats are not right-wing.

Would Harris be turning tariffs on and off randomly like a light-switch?

No, but she'd continue to allow her golf buddies to price gouge you for everything from food, to electricity, to rent and stand idly by while you're evicted and criminalized for being homeless.

Would Harris be ordering ICE to deport innocent people?

Yes. In fact, Tom Homan was an Obama appointee. Democrats refusing to stand up for immigrants, both in the campaign and during Biden's presidency, is why we're in the situation we are now.

Would Harris appoint horribly unqualified TV hosts to run our government?

No. She'd appoint very smart, but also very fascist corporate people to run it, and those same people would be pushing for the same wars we're seeing now. (Just not leaking info about it on Signal.)

Would Harris be trying to end temporary protected status to people who may get killed if they go back to their home country?

If it were politically convenient, absolutely she would. But more likely she'd just stand by and do nothing while cops continue to murder innocent people and build cop cities.

Would Harris have her own meme coin that she uses to accept bribes?

No. She'd take her bribes in the traditional way: $100,000 'speeches' and PAC donations. Her campaign raised billions and still ended up in $20,000,000 in debt. It was making illicit money for a lot of people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This article says that Harris's campaign platforms were released in early September which is more than two weeks away from the election.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4869169-harris-campaign-site-policy-positions/

Article says:

The Harris campaign site’s section on the economy outlines proposals to cut taxes for middle class families; make rent more affordable and homeownership more attainable; grow small businesses and invest in entrepreneurs, among other sections. And, it ends with a contrast to “Trump’s Project 2025 agenda,” which it argues would “jack up prices.”

This contradicts:

No, but she’d continue to allow her golf buddies to price gouge you for everything from food, to electricity, to rent and stand idly by while you’re evicted and criminalized for being homeless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This contradicts:

No, it really doesn't. Her words contradict it surely. But reality tells a different story, with 25% of Americans being functionally unemployed.

And she was also adamant that she wouldn't operate any differently than Joe Biden, so voters could rest assured they weren't getting any meaningful relief from her.

I, and most Americans, are past the point of giving Democrats credit for saying nice things. They needed meaningful action, and the claims of being powerless ring hollow when you watch Donald actually using the powers of the presidency to make change.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This contradicts:

No it really doesn't, not if you have any experience with what positions mean when they say things like "grow small businesses and invest in entrepreneurs"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, we have perhaps too much familiarity with the positions of Democratic lawmakers.

Hence the 25% effective unemployment.

It's why no one believes Democrats when they make these extravagant promises.