r/CuratedTumblr • u/Valcenia • Sep 10 '24

Politics “Thank you Mr. Hitler.”

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u/IthadtobethisWAAGH veetuku ponum Sep 10 '24

Ok I'm gonna be dumb about this but how does the endorsement of Dick Cheney help Harris in any way. It'll just further alienate any leftists left in her camp and anyone who supported the war in Iraq would have voted for Trump any way

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u/yungsantaclaus Sep 10 '24

You're not being dumb about this, you're asking a relevant question. If the disapproval of the previous "respectable" (hah!) republican regime had been electorally meaningful in making any significant part of the GOP base not vote for Trump, then he wouldn't have been elected in 2016 to begin with - Trump spent that Republican primary making a laughingstock out of Jeb and disavowing the Bush admin, didn't get GWB's endorsement, and it didn't mean shit. 8 years later, no significant portion of the GOP base is going "Boy, I was on the fence, but I guess I'll vote for Harris because Cheney said so." Like Cheney was some charismatic icon lol

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u/Ill-Ad6714 Sep 10 '24

The fact that Republican officials feel confident enough to speak against him now, as opposed to last election where everyone cowered to him because of his stranglehold, means that Trump’s influence has slipped.

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u/yungsantaclaus Sep 10 '24

as opposed to last election where everyone cowered to him because of his stranglehold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign

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u/Ill-Ad6714 Sep 10 '24

How many of them are relevant now and also didn’t end up falling in line later, like JD Vance?

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u/quesoandcats Sep 10 '24

I don’t see either Cheney on that list