Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

c'mon, man, help a brother out!

His social media voice should be less "your depressed grandfather who knows he's going to die soon"

that just looks like any other fundraising email to me

My only question is why they're still talking about their July numbers at the end of August. Especially since as far as I know the Harris selection brought in a tidal wave of money.

What a shameful scam of an electoral system

what a sad and sorry and sickening sight

idgi

Conventional wisdom says shake down your supporters while they are still sentimental about the convention speeches. This is SOP. Why jump at trifles like startled fleas?

At some point, you're going to figure out "this is the way it's always done" doesn't make it better or less sad for many of us.

No one's jumping at trifles... but his sadsack persona is a bummer. The guy's so close to death, give him a happier voice.

There was plenty of it in evidence at the DNC. I don't really care about fundraising emails.

(or Instagram posts, I guess)

My humble request to the biden campaign is: let joe write his own posts. This shit sucks so bad. I firmly believe he could rival Trump at posting if only you allowed it to happen. Unleash his true potential https://t.co/TiP2ISKMEp

— just kidding (@InternetHippo) August 23, 2020

You won't get my vote unless you tweet about Corn Pop, you coward

yes, FEEL your anger. Let it flow through you. Embrace the power of the dark side...

*smelly joe biden breaths on the back of your neck*

it's a tonsilith!!!

I plan to vote for Biden and a straight democratic ticket. It’s not based on “accelerationism” or anything like that; the liberals are clearly more competent people.

— Richard 🦁 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) August 23, 2020

Spencer on the Biden Bus

day five of the DNC

Biden (or the ppl around him) might be more effective at suppressing BLM and their demands than Trump. I think this is worth considering for the left wing ppl on here thinking about not voting.

sounds like joe's lost your vote

Aimless told me once I am helping suppress the Biden support sorry gotta do what I'm told

that's, to understate the case, pretty weak reasoning

Biden (or the ppl around him) might be more effective at suppressing BLM and their demands than Trump. I think this is worth considering for the left wing ppl on here thinking about not voting.

fuck outta here with this

that is the dumbest thing i've ever read on ilx

wait that wasn't a joke?

I mean it had no punchline and was stupid but considering who posted it that doesn't rule it out as an attempt at one

Really dumb take

it's possible that a biden presidency would encourage fewer people to take to the streets. the fury unleashed by george floyd's murder was compounded, for sure, by people's fury at trump, and the feeling that real reform is impossible under a regime that is hostile to even hearing out organizations like black lives matter. so, like, if you're interested in courthouses getting burned down in portland, then yes, biden might throw cold water on that stuff.

but to me the far more important question is whether we could have a government that actually means to reform the criminal justice system and also enact policies that will help marginalized communities, especially in economic terms. and this will not happen with republicans in office, especially not "trumpian" ones.

It's not funny so it kind of doesn't matter if it's a joke or not.

I agree

It wasn't an attempt at humour. Left leaning social democratic reforms have often stifled more radical demands such as the ones presented by defund the police activists.

trump is actively encouraging police and private citizens to kill black people, and covers their ass when they do, come the fuck on

So, given that bureaucracy and appeasement might slow down the reforms sought by BLM if we vote for Democrats, we should take votes away from them, which strengthens the vote count for the Republicans, who are sending federal forces to attack protesters, terrorizing families attempting to cross the borders, taking money from individuals to give to wealthy corporations, actively promoting racist conspiracy theorists running for federal positions, actively impeding the ability of Americans who don't agree with them to vote, and more. Got it.

Go fuck yourself.

Trump called BLM a hate group ffs

Biden will treat BLM like a hate group, while not calling them that.

o rly

Good morning.

According to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a hate group's "primary purpose is to promote animosity, hostility, and malice against persons belonging to a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin which differs from that of the members of the organization."

So this is how a Biden administration would treat BLM.

"maybe not actually appoint to a cabinet position" = "treat like a hate group"

Fuuuuuck off.

You are treading dangerously close to "Hillary and Donald are the same" territory

We do have 9 accelerationists on ILX tbf.

Lol I did not vote in that poll

lol

Look, to say that Liberals and the middle class bourgeoisie will become more passive if Biden is elected is pretty facile, and pretty much a foregone conclusion. That doesn't mean people shouldn't vote out this racist shitpile.

One quibble:

sending federal forces to attack protesters, terrorizing families attempting to cross the borders, taking money from individuals to give to wealthy corporations

This accurately describes the Obama administration, too. Remember that as of today, the Obama administration still outranks Trump in terms of deportations. And don't get me started on the way Obama sent in feds to numerous protests.

None of this is to say that Biden and Trump are the same, but to demand that we look at what is happening in this country as not simply the result of Trump, but of a long line of policies already in place that he has turned up to 11, so to speak. Alongside his rhetoric and obvious corruption, he's infinitely worse. But the collective amnesia needs to end if true shifts in policy are ever going to come about.

He probably outranks Trump in deportations because Trump is prosecuting undocumented immigrants criminally, so they're languishing in camps waiting to see a judge.

Not to defend Obama's record there, but deportations tend to be slower when you stop treating these cases as civil matters and prosecute every one without exception.

Sure. Still abhorrent.

that's not what's happening! there isn't a crime for first time undocumented border crossing, just illegal reentry after deportation

The definitive support of BLM and Floyd-inspired protest since June among those most likely to pine for a return to events before 2016 still startles me. I don't expect those protests to end on January 2021; nor should they. After the first or tenth police-instigated shooting during a Biden administration, however, I do wonder whether this popular support softens, in part because Biden's Justice Department, whatever his previous reputation and legislative accomplishments, will likely be more sympathetic to protesters than Trump, and if as a result the public will interpret this support as siding against 'law and order.' Leaders set tone, and Trump's evil made it easy for white Dems to support protest.

Xpost actually, Sessions's zero tolerance policy also included those who illegally crossed the first time, counter to prior policy:

https://www.voanews.com/a/jeff-sessions-zero-tolerance-policy-illegal-entry-us/4336134.html