• Hawanja@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I mean, he is too old. He’s only 3 years younger than Biden. So if the narrative here is that Biden is too old, then so is Trump.

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      He is only the candidate because of DEI. It would be discrimination to disqualify him based on his advanced age. Damn DEI.

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      7 months ago

      The objection to Biden was his infirmity and obvious mental degradation. People were saying he had early onset dementia in 2019. Trump has neither of these issues. He can stand and talk for hours. He was shot and got back up. He’s healthy.

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        So you’ve never actually listened to one of his speeches then have you? He can’t maintain a train of thought and usually doesn’t finish a sentence before going off track and never finishing. He fell asleep at his own trial. He is absolutely too old and does all the things they accused Biden of. Biden was too old, so is Trump.

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          Trump is old but he’s got all his marbles. Sorry. You just don’t like him and want him to lose which is fine.

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                I think considering Donald Trump to have any significant degree of intelligence or political acumen is an overestimation. The Cult of the GOP is a concern and I am worried about how many people have cast aside all sense of empathy and humanity in favor of supporting Trump, but the man himself is little more than a demagogue with a recognizable name.

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                  You’re right he’s super dumb and not a threat at all. It’s only his handlers.

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        7 months ago

        my grandad can stand and talk for hours, that doesn’t mean his ramblings would make any sense, or that he could run our country

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          Actually you’re right. Don’t worry about Trump. He’s senile and doesn’t stand a chance. Kamala totally has it in the bag.

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            You’re misunderstanding his point.
            He didn’t say Trump didn’t have a chance, he said Trump shouldnt have a chance. Huge difference.

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            Do you get paid in rubles per stupid comment you make? If so, you’re doing well. Better than fighting on the front lines eh?

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      We already TRIED electing a president who was a year younger than Trump is right now and even then, it SUCKED! Thank goodness there’s no reason we ever have to make that stupid, bone headed, silly mistake ever again…

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      That three years makes a big difference to Trump voters, that is the difference between “Frowned Upon” and 18 years old.

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    He confused Biden and Obama, Haley and Pelosi. Bizarre stuff spews from his mouth nearly every time he opens it. Where’s the outrage?

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      I love how you try to revise history when it was Biden, caught on camera, during a ceremony in France, who apparently shat his pants.

      LOL fkin revisionists are amazing. I swear.

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      Is that from old age or years of hard drug abuse? You may be off topic with your diaper fact… which is crazy to think about since he has been a serious contender in three presidential elections. 🤦‍♀️

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        If you Google the debate something like an hour 18 or so you can hear him pause mid sentence shit and continue as if that was normal.

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        There are multiple pictures of Turd sitting down where it’s painfully obvious he is wearing a diaper.

        Normally there is nothing wrong with that, but he, and everyone who votes R, is a piece of shit and was mocking Biden for his age with diapers. Have never seen a photo of Biden like that.

        Also, it was one of those unconfirmed by everyone in the White House and who works with Turd that he shits himself constantly.

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    if you aint fit for working after 65+, you shouldnt be fit to be a fucking president

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    Democrats have begun to question former President Donald Trump’s age hours after he was made the oldest presidential candidate in history yesterday. A Kamala Harris campaign spokesperson told Newsweek that “the American people are rightly concerned.”

    Lol! Nature is healing.

    Yes, we’re very concerned.

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      Is there a nursing home prison? Because Trump belongs in prison, and maybe his age and poor health will save some taxpayer money.

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      Specifically, their own homes. Both are rich enough to afford private duty nursing.

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      both? biden isn’t running any longer (is there some sort of bot swarm happening here)

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        Someone can still be old even if they aren’t running for president. Nothing in the statement implies or relies on biden still running for president, just that he is old. He still is. It’s ok to still think about people even when they aren’t in the news anymore, they didn’t go away.

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        (is there some sort of bot swarm happening here)

        Welcome to Lemmy politics 🙂

        I won’t say bots specifically. But yes, there is a PALPABLE tide of accounts that are just going to muster the least-bullshit reason they can find to oppose the idea of the Democrats being good or worth voting for, and repeat it relentlessly, even if the least-bullshit they can come up with doesn’t even approximate making sense. And they never shut up. They’re just sort of stuck on Biden right now because the new Harris talking points aren’t fully marshaled yet.

        Have fun! Try to enjoy it. I like using them to tee up extensive explanations of what is good and right in politics, that would be weird and partisan if I just showed up and started announcing them.

        HEY DID YOU KNOW BIDEN SPENT HALF A TRILLION OF AMAZON.COM’S DOLLARS ON FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE? That’s almost ten times what any other US politician has ever done, and that was back in 2009

        See it’s weird if it just comes out of nowhere

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        You’re being weirdly pedantic. Biden is still just as old as he was, so he’s still too old to run. If some other octogenarian stepped up and said he’d like to run I would say he’s too old too.

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    He is too old, but like, if a 90 year old hitler were running for president i wouldnt be saying im not voting for him because of his age. Trump has been the worst parts of humanity for decades.

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    This really demonstrates a difference between democrats and republicans.

    Democrats cared about the hypocrisy of pointing out that the opponent candidate was too old, and only started saying this after this was no longer a problem.

    Republicans didn’t care that their candidate was also too old.

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    Being old is nowhere near the worst problem with Trump.

    Bush Jr, Trump, and Slick Willy Clinton were all born in 1946. In 1946, Tupperware and Bikinis were invented. Also, the year HG Wells died. He was born in 1866.

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      True. Still hypocritical as fuck to not say anything about the age while they had someone running for president who was even older.

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        It was just the Republicans who had a problem with it. Seemed like Biden was doing fine, so why complain? Haven’t you heard of this concept of giving someone a “taste of their own medicine?”

        200% justified lol

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        No, hypocritical would be to constantly yap about their opponent’s age while ignoring their own guy’s age. You know, the exact thing Republicans were doing until Biden dropped out.

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    This tactic implies that Trump voters ever gave half a shit about age in the first place. They attacked biden’s age because it was low hanging fruit. No risk, high reward. Nice easy way to say they’re “holding their noses and voting for Trump”, even though that was the plan all along, because Biden’s age gave them a convenient excuse to justify their choice without exposing themselves as bigots.

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      It was a convenient excuse but it was never a good one. It’s like they’re unaware that Trump and Biden are basically the same age.

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      MAGA alone isn’t enough to win. Trump has his floor, but he needs the votes beyond it who aren’t as blind to his flaws. And they care that Trump portrays some facile version of “strength”, but without Biden to discount it by be even older every little frailty and senile sentence can be highlighted. And he’ll take it personally and sound even worse.