Biden is dramatically out of touch with voters on Gaza. He may lose because of it | Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
The president’s shedding key constituencies. If morality won’t move him to end his support of this war, will self-interest?

On the issue of Gaza, Biden is dramatically out of touch with the voters he needs to win re-election. If he will not be moved by morality to stop his support of this war, he should be moved by vulgar self-interest. Gaza is not a distant foreign conflict: it is an urgent moral emergency for large swaths of voters. Biden will lose those voters – and may indeed lose the election – if he does not cease his support of these atrocities.

Biden has that rare opportunity in politics: to help the country, and himself, by doing the right thing. But he must do so now. Both the Palestinian people and his own election prospects are running out of time.

    • drwilhi@beehaw.org
      13·
      5 months ago

      so you are pro trump and the what he will do to Palestine, got it. Third part will never be elected to the office of president until there is third party support in all other levels and branches of the government. This is by design of how our elections work. You get 2 choices, if you vote for a third option you are in fact voting for your least favorite option. I am saying this as someone who was a 3rd party voter up until 2016 and voted for that bitch Jill Stein who turned out to be a russian shill.

      • TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml
        19·
        5 months ago

        The most brain dead reply I’ve read today. Not sure why this math is hard to understand for people but if someone votes 3rd party trump does not get an additional vote, so no it’s not the same as supporting trump.

        If Biden wants to earn their vote then maybe he should not fund and supply a genocide then?

        • WamGams@lemmy.ca
          9·
          5 months ago

          If the only credible path you get to choose is 30 something thousand civilian casualties, or complete annihilation of those civilians, not choosing the prevention of complete annihilation places a moral fault on you.

          • TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml
            13·
            5 months ago

            That really only applies if your vote can change the election which isn’t going to happen outside of the maybe 4 swing states.

            With your same logic if your voting for Biden in one of the states he’s guaranteed to win or lose then your morally supporting a genocide for no actual change.