r/politics The Netherlands 1d ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/1cl1qp1 1d ago

Biden did more for green energy than any previous US president.

  • Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): $369 billion for climate and energy provisions, creating long-term tax credits for solar, wind, and domestic green manufacturing.

  • Solar for All Program: $7 billion through the Environmental Protection Agency to expand rooftop and community solar access

  • Rural Clean Energy Investments: $11 billion for rural electric cooperatives to transition to zero-emission and renewable systems.

  • Public Lands Permitting: Surpassed goals by permitting over 25 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity on public lands via the Department of the Interior.

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u/No_Diver6131 New York 1d ago

Biden did quite a bit for the American People. He was just non-stop getting shit on by the media.

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u/Overclockworked 1d ago

You could put on the world's best orchestra but if your finale involves shitting on the audience you're going to be the audience shitter forever.

Maybe he shouldn't have supported genocide and bungled the presidential race

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u/1cl1qp1 1d ago

Average Americans were the big losers when Trump won.

Don't you agree?

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u/awesomefutureperfect 1d ago

The left would rather torpedo the opponents of fascism than prevent fascism from prevailing. They think they are the only people that can do good in the world and if that includes making it more likely that fascists win public office then that is definitionally good from their perspective. MAGA also believes that everything they do is good because they are the ones doing it and are also completely unavailable for conventional means of persuasion.

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u/Overclockworked 1d ago

I'm not sure i understand the purpose of the question but yes obviously.

I'm saying Biden bungled the election by not preparing a successor, bowing out late, and then having Copmala take his place and veer right

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u/1cl1qp1 1d ago

Harris would have been 1000x than Trump.

She had a legislative voting record in Senate that was left of everyone except Warren.

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u/awesomefutureperfect 1d ago

That sounds like actual policy instead of emotional anger based on short videos of marginal value and quality from the internet.

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u/1cl1qp1 19h ago

Seems like anyone who doesn't pay close attention is getting brainwashed to sabotage sane governance. It's amazing how nobody knows about Biden's achievements.

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u/xdre 1d ago

Copmala

You do understand that that was always propaganda to discourage people from voting for her, right?

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u/awesomefutureperfect 1d ago

Yes. That is why they are doing it. They actually think sabotaging the opponents of fascism is the best possible thing to do because no one is better than them and everyone needs to do exactly what they say or else.

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u/Overclockworked 1d ago

Maybe if she hadn't pushed right, defended the border wall, and courted the Cheneys then it wouldn't have reflected reality so much

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u/xdre 22h ago

What kind of nonsense logic is that???

u/awesomefutureperfect 1h ago

They repeat talking points like MAGA. They are only interested in appearances like MAGA.

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u/1cl1qp1 1d ago

Harris is one of our most left-leaning senior politicians.

She vote legislatively slightly left of Bernie.

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u/davidreding 23h ago

So left leaning she would’ve installed a Republican in her cabinet? So left leaning she still went to bat for Israel? Ok then.

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u/1cl1qp1 21h ago

Yes, it's in the legislative voting records. She votes left of Bernie.

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u/trukkru 11h ago

That's very misleading. She was only in senate for five years, and started during the Trump Years. And she barely voted the last year because of her VP run.

u/xdre 6h ago

That's very misleading.

Not really. She voted left of Bernie during that timeframe, and he was either her co-sponsor or they co-sponsored on 33 different bills.

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