• zephorah@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Bizarre. I thought RFK Jr was being bank rolled by a repub to split the vote on the dem side. Last poll has him at 6% in Michigan. Remember, split votes gave MI to Trump in 2016, assuming the Stein and Harambe votes would’ve been Hillary instead.

    RFK is a conspiracy nut too. Strange guy. I’ve never listened to Rogan. But if this splits the vote the other way, great.

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      2 months ago

      To be fair, if my uncle and dad were murdered by the CIA I’d be a conspiracy nut too. Although Republicans will probably regret elevating him now, as he seems to be peeling more people off Trump than democrats.

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        He’s not peeling any democrats off. Only libertarians and conservative conspiracy theorists. Aka Rogan fans. The idea that dems would just vote for a Kennedy is exactly the kind of strategy I expect from trump and his ilk.

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          2 months ago

          I thought the idea was that his policies on the environment and affordable home ownership look good to liberal voters at first glance.

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            2 months ago

            If anyone gets passed the brain worms and the crazy conspiracies then maybe he’s earned it. But I doubt there’s any statistical chance he’s going to negatively impact the dem ticket.

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            2 months ago

            And his name.

            ETA: That’s the thought process, not how I feel. Last year there were literally conservatives saying “the left will vote for a Kennedy”

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          2 months ago

          I agree for the most part, but he’s also influential to dudebros, who could also be convinced to vote blue for drug legalization.

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            2 months ago

            The problem being those dude bros are too caught up in toxic masculinity and inceldom to ever be able to vote for a dem.

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      2 months ago

      assuming the Stein and Harambe votes would’ve been Hillary instead.

      Ah, yes, because Stein and Harambe had very similar platforms to Hillary.