solsangraal@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBiden calls his decision to step aside from 2024 race a matter of defending democracywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up113
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoShe’s light years better than Biden. But she still takes AIPAC money, and spoke at their conference 7 years ago after they helped get her senate seat https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/362782/kamala-harris-gaza-israel-palestine-biden-netanyahu But we literally just saw public criticism work, why are you so quick to say we have to stop? We can’t just show up once every four years and vote. We need constant pressure on politicians for them to do the right thing Because there’s constant pressure on them to do the wrong thing, and that almost always comes with “donations”.
She’s light years better than Biden.
But she still takes AIPAC money, and spoke at their conference 7 years ago after they helped get her senate seat
https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/362782/kamala-harris-gaza-israel-palestine-biden-netanyahu
But we literally just saw public criticism work, why are you so quick to say we have to stop?
We can’t just show up once every four years and vote. We need constant pressure on politicians for them to do the right thing
Because there’s constant pressure on them to do the wrong thing, and that almost always comes with “donations”.