• @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    -113 months ago

    Remember when Biden “signaled” he would be a one term president in his first campaign, then proceeded to put the entire country at risk by running again?

    • @usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      163 months ago

      Those stories were his aides saying he was considering he might not run again. He never said it publicly.

      Here Harris is directly stating publicly she wants it legal federally. It’s not a new stance for her. As a senator in 2018 she co-sponsored legislation to make it legal federally

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          He never explicitly said he would be a one term president or necessarily saw himself as one. I looked back to double check again, and he only made cagey statements about seeing himself as the transition between generations. A two term president could still qualify for that. The more explicit one term stuff was from his aides saying he was considering that

          Should he have just been more direct, yes, but what he said was nothing as explicit as directly stating we need marijuana it to be legalized

          • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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            -63 months ago

            and he only made cagey statements about seeing himself as the transition between generations

            What the fuck else do you think it means to “signal” something in politics?

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              However, unlike that Harris isn’t making a cagey statement here. She’s directly stating that marijuana should be federally legalized

              Really the title of this article shouldn’t be signals

              • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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                -83 months ago

                Thats fair. This is more than a “signal”. What people attributed to Biden (you can dig through the articles of the day; it was very clearly taken as a signal he would remain a 1 term president) was a “signal” though, in the pure sense of it. Its a kind of political maneuver that could be a head fake, could be real, you can figure it out later.

            • TheLowestStone
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              93 months ago

              The Associated Press reported that Biden said in October that he wouldn’t promise to serve just one term but that he wasn’t necessarily committed to running for another four years.

              “I feel good and all I can say is, watch me, you’ll see,” he told the AP at the time. “It doesn’t mean I would run a second term. I’m not going to make that judgment at this moment.”

              You should really read your sources.

            • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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              83 months ago

              Holy shit you should be fucking so embarrassed. That link literally says, right in the first line, that it is just “reportedly” it’s not him being quoted. It literally confirms what the other poster said and absolutely contradicts what you said.

              It’s okay to be wrong, but fuck man, you shouldn’t of read at least the first line of your sources to make sure they support your claims when you submit them. That’s just mind numbingly dumb.

            • @Cokes@feddit.org
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              73 months ago

              Nowhere in this article Biden says he will Serve only one term. He basically said that it’s an option - nothing more.