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More than a dozen former Ronald Reagan staff members have joined dozens of other Republican figures endorsing the Democratic nominee and vice-president, Kamala Harris, saying their support was “less about supporting the Democratic party and more about our resounding support for democracy”.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years ago (18 children)
[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (11 children)

They’re trying to reach conservatives that don’t support Trump.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They're alienating people who hate Reagan.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Are they? The campaign is not speaking in support of the Reagan administration. Harris is supported by the former administration over a corrupt and narcissistic megalomaniac.

Personally, I don’t see this as anything other than validation that Trump is that bad.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you get endorsed by Hitler it reflects pretty badly on you.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Putin endorsed Biden, and now Harris. Do you honestly think that he wants Democrats in charge during his invasion of Ukraine? Politics is a game.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Right, his endorsement doesn't help. That's my point? Liberals shouldn't be cheering because Reaganites endorsed Harris.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I read it as the neoliberal warhawks are enthusiastic about a more level-headed maintainer of Empire who has promised the most lethal military in the world and to always support Israel.

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[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I saw someone theorizing that this helps Republicans down ballot. They give the Dems the presidency, but having more Republicans showing up to vote helps house/senate/whatever local elections swing Republican.

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Surely if we go right one more time the mythical moderate republicans will reveal themselves and vote us. Just one more genocide, we got this

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[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even the bloodsucking ghouls prefer Harris, what a timeline

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is not the good timeline

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Hey, the US Empire is weakening every day. This is looking to be the good timeline eventually.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We're on a tight schedule though, can the decades happen already

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I hope, given the mass terrorist attack on Hezzbollah just now.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (20 children)
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[–] MisterScruffy@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In a letter...former Reagan aides and appointees...said they believed that, if alive today, Reagan would have supported Harris.

Reagan was a fascist ghoul. Cheney is a fascist ghoul.

If you think the trump admin was worse than the reagan or bush admins I'm sorry but you lost me. The dems clearly have no place for anti-war leftists theyd rather court bloodthirsty right wing monsters.

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[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

People are imagining this like (if you'd forgive the analogy) Dragon Ball Z, where Vegeta is the big villain and we all need to rally around defeating him, but then an even bigger and more evil villain appears, Frieza, so now we team up with the still-evil Vegeta because he's more good than Frieza.

That's not what this is. This is Reaganites tipping their hand that they and the democrats are fundamentally on the same team, they are all part of the neoliberal establishment, and Trump, in his instability, is rocking the boat.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Blue conservatives.

[–] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Democrats are the new Republicans.

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 2 years ago

The enemy of my enemy is not my friend.

[–] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We can see how this is bad right. This is just like proof that the Dems today are what RONALD REAGAN was? Like ... this is a thing we can all see, and by Harris not publicly donouncing these endorsements along with Cheney's there is a problem... like an obviousl problem? we all see this right?

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dems in 1990 were what Reagan was.

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[–] banshee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm amazed that people are offended when someone they dislike chooses to vote against Trump. I understand the concerns about a "uni party", the military industrial complex, Israel, etc., but can we please agree that Trump needs to stay out of the White House?

Think of it as a Venn diagram. It's OK to agree that Trump is bad.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

These Republicans are not known for caring about Democracy.

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[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Cheney and bush and reagan's helpers and ... actually ALL of these scoundrels, curmudgeons and assholes - their endorsement of Mrs. Harris after the crimes they pulled and the mayhem they put in motion - fuck them and their endorsements. It's like having john wayne gacy supporting democrats - who wants or cares what that loathsome cretin chimes in about?

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