President Biden’s reelection campaign raised more than $1 million through online fundraising alone in the 24 hours after the president’s Jan. 6 anniversary speech, according to numbers exclusively provided to The Hill.

Biden on Friday gave a full throated attack against former President Trump, his likely GOP opponent, and warned Americans that Trump’s reelection would pose a threat to American democracy. The president zeroed in on Jan. 6 to mark the third anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riots and argued in his remarks that democracy is on the ballot in 2024.

In response to the 24-hour fundraising haul, the Biden campaign noted that they see preserving democracy as a political winner for the president in 2024.

  • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    1211 months ago

    You just conveniently forgetting the time we handed Trump a 4 year term on a silver platter? Wasn’t that long ago.

    Fortunately for us, being the coalition party of change and progress in general, we can actually admit when we make mistakes and try to learn lessons from them. If we couldn’t do that, we wouldn’t deserve anyone’s votes anyway.

    • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      -211 months ago

      Are…

      Are you really saying a primary is why Clinton lost?

      Does that mean you’re arguing we shouldnt have any primaries at all?

      I don’t understand how your comment is relevant if that’s not what you’re saying

      • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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        1011 months ago

        Oh, absolutely Clinton lost because of the bad taste left from her primary, 100%. She handled the entire Bernie situation very, very poorly and paid the price for it.

        No, this does not mean we should get rid of primaries, that is an extremely stupid idea.

        • @4am@lemm.ee
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          😖🤚 getting rid of primary elections

          😏👉 getting rid of two-party system

        • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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          411 months ago

          But…

          Bernie supporters still overwhelming voted for her in the general.

          The primary wasn’t why Clinton lost, she lost because she was a terrible candidate and no one on her campaign knew what the electoral college was.

          And obviously, her team helping trump in the primary was a bigger reason she lost to trump in the general, although she’d have likely lost to anyone else too. The whole reason they helped trump was they thought he was the only candidate Hillary could win against.

          I just don’t see any logic or basis in facts in your opinions man.

          • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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            -111 months ago

            Bernie supporters still overwhelming voted for her in the general.

            Got a source for that? I remember a lot of “maybe the DNC needs to learn a lesson.”

            Which, they were right, and we did. But it came at enormous cost.

            • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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              511 months ago

              It’s insane people are still asking that…

              And to be honest you’re starting to lose benefit of the doubt here.

              A higher percentage of registered Dems voted McCain over Obama than Bernie primary voters voted for trump.

              https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_and_liberal_support_for_John_McCain_in_2008

              Normally I’d assume someone would figure out on their own that there’s a shit ton more registered Dems in 08 than people who voted for Bernie in the primary in 2016. And I wouldn’t think it was necessary to point out that a lot more than 10% of Bernie’s primary voter don’t always vote D or even consider themselves Democrats…

              But the way this exchange has been going, I feel I need to explicitly mention that stuff.

              You also shouldn’t be surprised if I don’t respond to any more of your comments at this point.

              • ikanreed
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                111 months ago

                @givesomefucks and, in fact, it is that willingness to betray that is why the right wing controls the democratic party.

                • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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                  -211 months ago

                  It the danger of “moderates” if a dem candidate is even a little progressive, they’ll stomp their feet and vote Republican so they can claim Dems lost because we ran a progressive.

                  But the good news is progressives candidates make up for them by getting the 1/3 of non voters to turn out for once.

                  Moderates try to hold the party hostage, there’s just not enough of them

                  Unfortunately they are the ones party leaders agree with

                  So the solution is to replace them through primaries.

                  Downside to that, party leaders are legally allowed to do whatever they want, even ignoring primary results.

                  It’s a fucked up situation, and anyone acting like it’s simple is likely on the side of those moderates throwing tantrums. They know it’s not simple, they just have zero qualms lying to get what they want.

              • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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                10% of democratic socialist supporters voting for Trump is terrifying. Do we have data on how many didn’t vote in the general at all?

                10% of moderate dem voters supporting a moderate repub makes a lot more sense.

                edit for a word

                • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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                  411 months ago

                  10% of democratic socialist supporters voting for Trump is terrifying

                  Yeah, I’m blocking as soon as I finish typing this…

                  For everyone else:

                  Way more than 10% of Bernie’s primary votes came from people who would never vote D in their life. He got “non voters”, 3rd parties, and even a significant amount that normally vote R.

                  All of this shit is almosy a decade old now. Anyone that genuinely had these questions really should have been able to figure this out by now, and there’s no way I’m the first to try and explain it.

                  • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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                    -111 months ago

                    Frankly, many have tried to explain it to me, but it always falls apart when I apply pressure, and the person gets upset. With how close and pivotal the election was, it creates very strong feelings, so I honestly don’t really blame people for getting angry.

                    But for anyone who was around, it’s very easy to remember just how huge a clusterfuck it all was.

                    Regardless, block me if you like, but that doesn’t sound like a very productive decision for someone who really is trying to fight for a better, fairer, more just USA.

                • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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                  311 months ago

                  An alarming number of Clinton supporters voted to put Palin in the VP slot. They formed a fucking PAC to try to make it happen.