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In reply to the discussion: Kamala Could Have Won - The American Prospect [View all]usonian
(26,171 posts)15. Strategy? How about voter suppression? It was YUUUUUUGE. (but not clickbait enough)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1324&pid=3270
Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. By Greg Palast for the Hartmann Report
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won.
Hartmann:
https://hartmannreport.com/p/0ef5118a-d23b-4842-8ebc-da9b578f73fc
They're not original thinkers. Jim Crow must go.
Besides, the GOP know what buttons to push.

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. By Greg Palast for the Hartmann Report
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won.
Hartmann:
https://hartmannreport.com/p/0ef5118a-d23b-4842-8ebc-da9b578f73fc
Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Vice-President Kamala Harris would have won the Presidency with 286 electoral votes.
And, if not for the mass purge of voters of color, if not for the mass disqualification of provisional and mail-in ballots, if not for the new mass vigilante challenges in swing states, Harris would have gained at least another 3,565,000 votes, topping Trumps official popular vote tally by 1.2 million.
Stay with me and Ill give you the means, methods and, most important, the key calculations.
But if youre expecting a sexy story about Elon Musk messing with vote-counting software from outer space, sorry, you wont get that here. As in Bush v. Gore in 2000, and in too many other miscarriages of Democracy, this election was determined by good old vote suppression, the polite term we use for shafting people of color out of their ballot. We used to call it Jim Crow.
And, if not for the mass purge of voters of color, if not for the mass disqualification of provisional and mail-in ballots, if not for the new mass vigilante challenges in swing states, Harris would have gained at least another 3,565,000 votes, topping Trumps official popular vote tally by 1.2 million.
Stay with me and Ill give you the means, methods and, most important, the key calculations.
But if youre expecting a sexy story about Elon Musk messing with vote-counting software from outer space, sorry, you wont get that here. As in Bush v. Gore in 2000, and in too many other miscarriages of Democracy, this election was determined by good old vote suppression, the polite term we use for shafting people of color out of their ballot. We used to call it Jim Crow.
They're not original thinkers. Jim Crow must go.
Besides, the GOP know what buttons to push.

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It matters that we learn from the loss. If we don't, it was all a waste & will happen again. n/t
elocs
May 2025
#24
So many mistakes made? No. She ran a near flawless campaign in the short time she had.
brush
May 2025
#27
She lost because the campaign cared more about getting the Liz Cheney voters than progressive voters
krawhitham
May 2025
#9
And many thought they were punishing her for what was going on in Gaza
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2025
#42
According to Trump Elon rigged the election. If he hadn't Trump wouldn't be here.
Autumn
May 2025
#11
There are two videos where he said Elon rigged the election. I think he did too.
Autumn
May 2025
#30
In one interview before his inaguration he said Musk knows vote-counting computers
Autumn
May 2025
#43
Strategy? How about voter suppression? It was YUUUUUUGE. (but not clickbait enough)
usonian
May 2025
#15
I expect more from Democrats, I expect Republicans & Magas to be what they are. n/t
elocs
May 2025
#25
Harris needed all Democrats & independents who usually vote Democratic to get out & vote.
elocs
May 2025
#23
Kamala did win. Cheato admitted three times to cheating to "win" the election.
Clouds Passing
May 2025
#29
Narcissists love to brag when they think they've won, especially when they've cheated.
Clouds Passing
May 2025
#58
Al gore was the last democratic presidential candidate to call for hand counted paper ballots
questionseverything
May 2025
#62