• kandoh@reddthat.com
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      She’s one of the reasons if someone were to kill you they wouldn’t be able to use ‘i panicked’ as a defense.

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        Unless they’re a cop. Then it’s the defense they go to and can never be convicted under unless we have them on video calmly shooting the handcuffed guy in the back of the head.

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        She has a really checkered record wrt trans stuff altogether. I’m concerned.

        She’s better than Trump but a significant step down from Biden in terms of most of the things I care about which makes her a concerning pick, combined with the fact that she performs worse in polling (if that was the main concern). I hope I’m wrong but I’m concerned that this basically sealed the Dems’ loss.

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          Here is the internal polling that was released, this was before Biden resigned

          Through 7/21, Biden trailed Trump 46-44 nationally; Harris was ahead 48-46. Trump is stuck at a ceiling of 46. Harris gains from 3rd party/undecided voters.

          • Young voters (18-34) go from Biden 44-36 (+8) to Harris 57-37 (+20)
          • Independents go from Trump 48-32 (+16) to Trump 49-41 (+8)
          • Harris picks up 7pp among Black voters and 8pp among Hispanic voters, almost all from 3rd party/undecideds

          Source: https://x.com/DrewLinzer/status/1815491120677458288

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      I’m sure that her stance could have changed from that time as it’s become a more understood issue now from then. It’s the people that the president appoints that are ultimately responsible for policy in their departments.