P_P to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 23 hours agoElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down16
arrow-up1349arrow-down1external-linkElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukP_P to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 23 hours agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-square@anticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-8•22 hours agoHow out of touch do you need to be to offer something lower than Walmart’s starting wage? And how many times have we heard this lie?
minus-square@usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mllinkfedilink8•edit-221 hours agoThe headline is a little misleading, she said “at least $15” not that she wants it necessarily at exactly $15/hr and no more
minus-square@anticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•13 hours agoEither way it’s still another bullshit lie to lead people to the polls. The day after the election it will never be brought up again
minus-square@Zaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 hours agoExcept Democrats did try to pass $15 after the last election. It didn’t work and a bunch of the worst ones defected, but it wasn’t just quietly forgotten.
minus-square@anticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•7 hours agoThey let the unelected parliamentarian say they couldn’t do it. The person that has zero power in congress
minus-square@Zaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 hours agoThen they had a vote and failed to pass it. But they didn’t just quietly ignore the campaign.
minus-square@BallsandBayonetslink1•9 hours agoAt least it’s a bullshit lie that appeals to the left, I’ve been getting tired of the Democrats’ campaign strategy of “we need to move further right.”
minus-square@anticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•7 hours agoThey are saying shit like this because they see they are bleeding the left leaning vote. They will still keep going to the right.
minus-square@BallsandBayonetslink0•6 hours ago“The left doesn’t like our party.” “Let’s go more conservative to appeal to voters who are probably ok with voting for the more fascistic candidate.” “We’re losing support among leftists, better double down on being conservative.” The Democrats lose the election. “Why would the Left do this?”
How out of touch do you need to be to offer something lower than Walmart’s starting wage? And how many times have we heard this lie?
The headline is a little misleading, she said “at least $15” not that she wants it necessarily at exactly $15/hr and no more
Either way it’s still another bullshit lie to lead people to the polls. The day after the election it will never be brought up again
Except Democrats did try to pass $15 after the last election. It didn’t work and a bunch of the worst ones defected, but it wasn’t just quietly forgotten.
They let the unelected parliamentarian say they couldn’t do it. The person that has zero power in congress
Then they had a vote and failed to pass it. But they didn’t just quietly ignore the campaign.
At least it’s a bullshit lie that appeals to the left, I’ve been getting tired of the Democrats’ campaign strategy of “we need to move further right.”
They are saying shit like this because they see they are bleeding the left leaning vote. They will still keep going to the right.
“The left doesn’t like our party.”
“Let’s go more conservative to appeal to voters who are probably ok with voting for the more fascistic candidate.”
“We’re losing support among leftists, better double down on being conservative.”
The Democrats lose the election.
“Why would the Left do this?”