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“Now I think you should nominate me or at least vote for me, and we should win together,” Trump said. “Because the Libertarians want to vote for me … and it’s very important because we have to get rid of the worst president in history.”

Trump added, “Only do that if you want to win; if you want to lose, don’t do that. Keep getting your 3% every four years.” (In 2016, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson earned more than 3% of the popular vote – a high point in the party’s history.)

Trump left the stage after 34 minutes, marking one of his shortest campaign speeches to date. The Libertarian Party is expected to select its presidential nominee Sunday.

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[-] horsey@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

okay, I should rephrase that. OP is either naive, clueless or disingenuous. It's just a little odd when "I'm so leftist!" people repeat the exact same shit as conservative propagandists, isn't it?

We know for a fact that there is propaganda on the internet produced by foreign and domestic influence organizations. I don't think it's mostly done by bots (some is) but rather people who are employed to do so.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

And centrists are happy to use that as an excuse to treat anyone to their left and only their left like shit, on the grounds that anyone who disagrees with them must be some sort of foreign agent bent on electing trump and not just someone who is deeply dissatisfied with Biden.

[-] horsey@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

deeply dissatisfied with Biden.

I'm not clear on why you're so 'deeply dissatisfied'. Unfortunately, elections in the US have a lame-ass system where you don't get to choose an ideal candidate. You've already said you're voting for Biden. Good idea. In the meantime, trying to discourage other people from doing so isn't going to help the country out much.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I’m not clear on why you’re so ‘deeply dissatisfied’.

That's no surprise, since centrists don't listen.

[-] horsey@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's hard to listen to one-dimensional, naive arguments - what is there to listen to? Oh, you think 60 years of US policy supporting Israel, and Israel deciding to assault Gazans after keeping them in an apartheid ghetto for years, is 100% Joe Biden's fault and he could just go against 95% of the US political establishment and stop it any time. This reminds me of people who act like the president directly sets gas prices. This 'centrist' thing is getting old, too.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

"That's the way we've always done it" is the best argument you have.

It's pro-genocide shit.

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