With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.

  • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    411 months ago

    That’s the same thing a lot of people were saying in 2016.

    About Trump or about Hillary? Because I was saying this about Hillary in 2016 and people were not receptive. She was the worst candidate the Dems could have run.

    • PupBiru
      link
      fedilink
      411 months ago

      (not an american here, so my opinion is basically worthless but from the outside:)

      various people said similarly about both:

      trump was so wild how could he possibly get elected?

      hillary lacks anything that gives anyone any excitement at all, how’s she going to bring out voters?

      similar can (and has) been said about biden as hillary: there’s not a whole lot to be excited about, but “not trump” is pretty fucking persuasive to a lot of people… let’s hope that people haven’t forgotten what a dumpster fire trump was… the pandemic was years ago now, and people have a short memory

    • ares35
      link
      fedilink
      311 months ago

      i think harris faces a similar reception in '28, even as a two-term incumbent vp.

      • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        410 months ago

        Yeah. She was a nothing-burger of a candidate and has been underwhelming as a VP. VP’s dont have a great track record of getting the presidency either.

        Its a good way to accumulate baggage while not being able to show much in the way of work done.

        • Flying Squid
          link
          fedilink
          210 months ago

          She’s not liked as VP. I’m actually not quite sure why because she stays out of the public eye most of the time. The first time I saw her surface in ages was over the Florida slavery education bullshit, and rightfully so as a black woman.