return2ozmaBiden orders Secret Service protection for RFK Jr. following Trump assassination attempt
vgaWhat a completely random thing to do.
It makes sense to me. Biden and Trump have Secret Service detail already. RFK does not. Biden wants to make sure that it at least looks like all 3 candidates are being protected from more violence.
But why JRFK Jr and not Jill Stein or Cornell West?
Flying SquidBecause more than three people will vote for RFK Jr.
Also, JFK Jr. is dead.
The mainstream media only wants you to think JFK Jr. is dead.
We were told not to discuss that in the last Q drop.
Banned from next drop for leaking š
jimmydoreisaleftyDozens of us will be voting 3rd party.
For Trump, you mean. Youāre voting to get Trump elected. So lie to yourself if you like, but youāre voting for Trump.
Nice try!
You are trying to get us to vote for the duopoly, but I am most likely voting for a third party.
Green Party for the long-term goal of breaking the two-party system.
Do not forget my mantra:
We should focus our actions, time, and resources on Direct Action, Mutual Aid, and Community Outreach. If you do engage in Electoral Politics do not support the Duopoly (Red or Blue Team). No War but Class War!
Sterile_TechniqueYou said it yourself: itās a duopoly. By your vote you have the power to nudge the outcome toward one of two possibilities.
More options would be fantastic, but thatās not the system we live in. The current options are fascism or not-fascism. You support 3rd parties? Then vote for whichever party has the best shot at not-fascismā¦ cuz if fascism wins, 3rds are fucked right along with everyone else.
In your case, voting Trump, voting 3rd, or not voting at all are all just throwing in the towel. Fascism won! No point in fighting it; just bend over and take whatever comes next.
Biden may not be your cup of tea, but a vote for him is a vote to keep the fascists out of power - for you thatās a vote for more time. Right now our system wonāt allow a 3rd to win due to the power accumulated by the big two; but itās still malleable. Ranked Choice is getting onto more and more peopleās radar, gaining popularity, and making its way into more and more states. RCV is your golden ticket to getting a 3rd in office - people need to be comfortable with voting for a 3rd without risking the āother guyā taking power. And our system IS moving that direction.
Fascist victory and we can kiss RCV goodbye, along with most of our rights and any possibility for 3rd party to come out on top for a very, VERY long time.
Could it be better? Yes. Should it be better? Abso-fucking-lutely. But the best result possible in our shitty reality for 3rds and everyone who isnāt a Nazi is for the fascists to lose, and for that to happen, you need to vote blue.
Yes, but as a counterpoint, they didnāt get the pony they expected.
thatās not how the transitive property works
CryptagionismisogynistFor probably 2 or 3 reasons:
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To bring attention to RFK Jr to help remove votes from Trump
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RFK Jr is much more known to right wingers, who are also more violent. They donāt even really know of Cornell West or Jill Stein enough to care
-Kennedy Curse, they shouldnāt have lobotomized Rosemary Kennedy
While I donāt endorse the guy, I think you forgot (L) Chase Oliver. I bring this up only because the Libertarian candidates usually get more votes than the leftist candidates and Iām pretty sure theyāre listed on more stateās ballots.
-Personally speaking, Iāll be one of the āthree peopleā voting for one of the other two candidates you mentioned
Yep. I vote Libertarian every Presidential election.
Good to know. According to the logic of some of the people around here, that must mean you support Biden.
Just his name makes him a copy cat magnet tbh.
Bernie_SandalsBecause neither of them have polled high enough to qualify for it, neither has the libertarian candidate, even RFK Jr. wasnāt polling well enough for it, which is why Biden had to order this, and it wasnāt done automatically.
Heās also a Kennedy, so his chance of being assassinated is probably higher than your average candidate.
šš¦šAssassination is hereditary!?
Just look at what happened to the European royal families ā¦
For the Kennedys it certainly seems so
cosmicrookieBut imagine the consequences of not doing it, and him getting assassinated! Not worth the risk. Also, i assume this is the future standard Trump is looking into. Competition being legal targets for the sitting president