Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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    1 year ago

    I think lots of Democrats could beat Trump, but none of them could beat Biden in a primary. He’s the incumbent and he’s just not disliked enough for people to abandon the sitting president.

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      1 year ago

      Definitely. Again, it’s just practicality. Too much at stake that’s why the only ones feigning towards a primary challenger are doing so in bad faith. Also, re: dislike, I really think Biden just doesn’t get enough credit. I definitely thought he wasn’t the man for the job in spite of voting for him in '20, but he’s pleasantly surprised me.

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        1 year ago

        He’s pleasantly surprised me, but taken some pretty unforgiveable actions (breaking the rail strike, Title 42) and still isn’t the man for the job (continually reinforcing norms while conservatives ignore them for advantage). This is better than I expected, but still not great.

        But he’s the guy we have and as much as I wish it was someone else, there’s no real path to changing that. If AOC endorses Kamala Harris in '28 we can start to talk about her losing her fight, but the people talking about primarying Biden are just detached from reality or, as you said, bad faith actors.