She worked the phones. Her team worked the delegates. When it was over, she had quickly locked down the nomination in a “well-orchestrated cascade,” as one party leader put it.
  • Seasm0ke@lemmy.world
    1437·
    4 months ago

    I know everyone is rushing show unity and thats understandable but I’m having a reasonable " but I didnt vote for you" moment.

    I guess im bummed that the US is a full fledged oligarchy and nobody gives a shit.

    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
      252·
      4 months ago

      She was literally elected Vice President by millions of people. If you voted for Biden, you already elected her to be one heartbeat away from the presidency.

      There have been only 49 Vice Presidents in US history. She is closer to the presidency than any other eligible Democrat.

      • Seasm0ke@lemmy.world
        111·
        4 months ago

        I get how it is easy to justify and I understand people are so obsessed with beating trump that they will cast aside all other doubts but the truth is that a vote for a Biden Harris ticket is not a vote for a Harris/??? Ticket. The threat of fascism is also not going to stop with trump. The moves made here will be treated like am exception but will become the norm.

        Regardless of how I personally voted, I see this move as another example that the illusion of American democracy has been dead a long time. Maybe even since Bush v Gore. Primaries suffered a death blow in 2016 and finally kicked the bucket in 2024.

        • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
          91·
          4 months ago

          Biden was old in 2020. He could have easily passed away in his first term. Trump got COVID and almost went on a ventilator.

          You definitely did vote for Harris/??? even if you don’t realize it.

          • Seasm0ke@lemmy.world
            114·
            4 months ago

            I can see how the blue no matter who crowd justifies reallocating peoples votes, but I dont see how it is acceptable to do in a so called democracy.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      4 months ago

      Most people didn’t vote for Biden, they voted against Trump. Hell, there weren’t even really any other candidates that were still running in the primary in my state.

      I don’t like the situation we’re in any more than the next person… but that didn’t start recently. The presidential election is a staying action, not a political shift. That’s going to take a hell of a lot more than one person, no matter how many times they’re called “the most powerful person in the world”.