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Former vice presidential nominee Tim Walz criticized Trump for economic chaos while taking personal responsibility for the situation during an MSNBC interview.

"We wouldn't be in this mess if we'd have won the election — and we didn't," Walz told Chris Hayes. He called Trump the "worst possible business executive" and praised the Wall Street Journal's editorial criticizing Trump's tariff war.

Walz emphasized Democrats must offer something better, not just criticize Trump. Recently, he acknowledged a leadership void in the Democratic Party and admitted spending too much time combatting Trump's false claims about immigrants.

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[-] maplebar@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't blame Harris or Walz. I don't even blame Biden, the senile old fool that he so clearly is.

I blame the Americans for fucking up the most outrageously obvious binary choice in history.

Has there ever been an election so obvious? Even during Trump vs Clinton one could almost be forgiven for giving Trump the benefit of the doubt as a "political outsider", but by 2024 we knew exactly who this fucking guy was... The fact that people today are acting surprised and outraged about all the stuff that's been happening during Trump's first 1.5 months is only further proof that Americans are perhaps the dumbest amnesiacs to infest the Earth.

Literally all we had to do was vote against Trump's particular brand of fascism.

But Americans are the type of people who fail a single question true or false quiz because they forgot to write their name at the top of the page, and we deserve to suffer the consequences of our collective stupidity over and over until it is bred out of us, or until our society falls. The American people allowed this to happen--and not just Trump, but everything bad that has happened over the course of American history.

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Nah, it's the Democratic parties fault. They could have prevented this. It's their job to do so!

[-] Mandelbrot@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Nah it's actually their fault. The fact that they lost when it was "the most outrageously obvious binary choice in history" shows how hard they fucked a lay-up.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago
[-] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I like picking random bad things that have happened in America an tieing it back to Regan. Usually it isn't even hard.

[-] laserm@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The good think about the 2024 US election was that the choice was obvious to everyone who paid the littlest attention; the bad thing was that Americans chose the wrong candidate anyway.

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 1 day ago

I'll go ahead and blame Biden for you

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

My favourite part is how he made gains in (virtually?) all segments. It seems the economy was their number one concern too. Imagine thinking the current president was going to make the economy/their financial situation better...

Like at some point you just need to call out the stupid.

[-] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How dare you!? America is a DEMOCRACY, and that means we can't be blamed for how we vote. If I vote for Trump, I'm not at fault for what happens. In fact, it's Harris's fault. She should have pandered to me more. I can blame her, and only one person can be at fault for something, so I'm guilt free.

You liberals are always trying to guilt trip us leftists for letting fascists take over the government!

Biden, the senile old fool that he so clearly is

That shit made me chuckle because of how true it is. Also, the way that you worded that is so perfect. Beautifully put.

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