Roughly 6 in 10 voters backing President Biden say they’d replace both the incumbent and his rival former President Trump on the 2024 ballot if they could, polling released Wednesday shows. A Pew R…
  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    8 months ago

    The last time the Democrats did that was Ted Kennedy challenging Carter. Even with a historically unpopular president and a well-known challenger he still lost.

    I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but our government is dysfunctional and incumbents are not successfully primaried.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        45·
        8 months ago

        Lots of things. That’s what we get for having a dysfunctional government. Stop thinking it’s going to work effectively: It won’t.

        • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
          42·
          8 months ago

          … you’re saying things won’t work effectively but then claiming to understand exactly how it works. I sense a contradiction.

          • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
            53·
            8 months ago

            Your initial question didn’t make sense at all because the verb tenses don’t agree. I’m just doing my best to attempt to communicate with you.

            • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
              32·
              8 months ago

              This was my initial question you AI sounding mfr

              No shit but also why the fuck didn’t we primary him?

              What don’t you get?

              • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
                32·
                8 months ago

                What was lost if Biden can’t get it over the goal line?

                Now who sounds like an AI?

                No shit but also why the fuck didn’t we primary him?

                Because that’s not how our government really works.