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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Well that’s unfortunate. Wish we could find someone other than an old fucking white guy to represent us.

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The fact that someone like Biden and Bernie exist in the same party tells you how awful the 2-party system is.

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Bernie has said some really nice things about the Biden Administration.

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Too be fair - the Biden administration isn’t all bad and I think when they do something good we should acknowledge that so that maybe they keep doing good things. That doesn’t mean I don’t think there are better options, though.

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I mean, it’s not that hard to. Even simply coherent sentences are like ambrosia after the previous administration, and Joe’s got actual things to say on top of that.

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For real. Even as a white guy, I’m tired of this shit as well. Wish we could get someone younger and more progressive on the ballot. It’s time to get those old ducks out of office. They have no grasp on how shit really works these days.

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I’m hoping for Newsom 2028. In the meantime, Biden will probably be infinitely better than the alternative in the general election.

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What specifically do you like about Newsom?

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I like how Newsom fought to deregulate zoning in California, and I think we need such deregulation nationwide.

Single-family zoning is a blight on this country.

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He’s got a great smile.

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He’s not old.

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I agree, but generally a party will back a sitting president of that party, additionally division of the Democratic party is what caused trump’s election in the first place.

I wonder if she’s being groomed to be the next candidate. I would like that a lot, but what the Democratic needs right now is unity, because the Republican party is very divided.

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She’s probably being groomed for House leadership. She has a relatively safe seat and seems willing to put the work in being a good representative. However, to do that, she needs to build the caucuses that she is in.

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If the Democratic party needs unity when the Republicans are divided, when exactly would dissent ever be acceptable? Seems like this is just a pitch to always be unified, which in turn means never challenging the party establishment.

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The system has been formed that way intentionally. That’s one of the huge issues with our election system actually

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There are many that believe Biden won’t run and the seat is being saved for Gavin Newsom.

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We’ll see if Biden drops out, but he is currently running.

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February 2024 I expect Biden to name a successor. He would be viewed as a lame duck if he didn’t pretend to be running right now.

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Ugh

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Time will tell, but Newsom would still beat Trump.

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