It feels like Harris has to run a damn near flawless campaign just to BARELY beat this guy. Yeah you can bring up the current state of the country, but Trump mishandled COVID, there were over 200k deaths, BLM protest and was 2x impeached. And yet, Joe Biden BARELY beat him.

Trump is a convicted felon, liable sexual predator, caused an insurrection on the Capitol Hill, tried to steal the 2020 election (find me 11,000 votes), constantly kisses Russia’s ass, has more pending court cases and gets sentenced next month and overall has been the main driving factor in America’s division.

Yet, this race is STILL either 50/50 or a slight tilt (Harris leads the polling aggregate right now). Harris gets destroyed by the corporate media for almost anything, yet Trump is still lying and saying the most outlandish shit and nobody cares.

Why does it feel standards are much higher for Harris than Trump?

    • Snot FlickermanEnglish
      49•2 months ago

      Not if he cheats as hard as they plan to!

      Literally, the Supreme Court just made clear they’re helping promote the false narrative of “illegal immigrants voting,” which helps promote the understanding that the plan is to contest the fucking election, no matter the outcome.

      That’s why they have those electioneering hooligans in Georgia and why people are fighting it.

      They have zero intent to make this a fair fight. That’s why they don’t give a fuck about actual votes.

      • @BadmanDan@lemmy.worldOP
        24•2 months ago

        Yeah I read about the 70 electors in swing states that are Trump loyalists and election deniers. How these people are even allowed to certify votes is beyond me.

        • Snot FlickermanEnglish
          39•2 months ago

          I mean, I’m still confused as to why a guy who caused an insurrection in the capital is even allowed to run for President.

          Our country is a weak fucking joke.

          • Don_Dickle
            8•2 months ago

            And its sad because kids are growing up today and have a poor taste for the US. Which is sad in itself.

          • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3•2 months ago

            Because it system if government was setup with certain assumptions of the time.

            Only rich landowning white men would be voting. Those men had the time to stay educated on world events because of either slaves or staff running their day to day business.

            Certain customs were socially enforced simply as a matter of course. Scandal often meant resignation or recusal, or you would be ostracized from society entirely. If no one would work with you, your business, and wealth would die.

      • @XeroxCool@lemmy.world
        7•2 months ago

        And the cheating will be tolerated promoted because they seriously beleive the other side is cheating. “Trump got more votes in 2020 than any prior candidate” is proof enough. Certainly can’t be that he’s such a polarizing, vile piece of shit that actually scared more non-voting people to vote tod defeat him, and they certainly can’t beleive Biden actually holds the vote record (note the key use of “prior” in trump’s claim). They really think the orange coastal elite is somehow on the working man’s side. The same cheeto that has declined to pay every contractor on his towers. The same cheese puff that couldn’t sell steaks. The same crayon that couldn’t find profit in a casino.

    • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
      7•2 months ago

      That doesn’t seem realistic. I don’t see how you can vote for Trump 2024, and claim to be a moderate.