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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t read this thread, but I’m black and definitely not voting for Biden, even if that means trump. I voted for biden the first time, but the general elitism, and pandering to race relations and social justice, the lack of account ability for the border issue, and the whole defund the police ethos of Biden / Kamala is a nonstarter for me at this point.

Lastly, this whole obsession with January 6th, which essentially amounted to a riot but is being played off as an armed rebellion with bloodshed and death, gives me the creeps. When it occurred, I figured ok, arrest all those guys for trespassing, breaking windows, etc., but to treat it as if a bunch of basement dwelling men who were unarmed were actually attempting and had a legitimate shot at overthrowing the US government, the US military, etc is just absurd to me. Biden has openly said on camera that an AR-15 is worthless for fighting against a tyrannical government because they have tanks, helicopters, etc, but yet he is claiming that a bunch of unarmed Q-anon-esque crazies almost overthrew the entire US government and military. It just doesn’t make sense, and is clearly an attempt to keep trump from running. It sets a bad precedent — the voters can decide who they want, and we don’t need the “adults in the room” making that decision for us.

Hopefully we can get back to sane politics so I don’t have to vote for trump, but I can’t sit by and vote according to how you all want me to vote just due to my skin color.

*cue the insults and accusations of me being a MAGA republican despite the fact that I am a 45 year old black accountant from Bowie MD who voted for Gore, Obama, and Biden.[/quote]

I'm a bit confused about what you're talking about.  Can you give some examples?

What "elitism?"
What "pandering to race relations?"  And what's wrong with social justice and trying to lift all boats?
What police did Biden and Harris defund?

Also, J6 was not and is not about Biden.  It's always been about Trump.  The mere fact that Trump lied and lied and lied to the point where he riled up a couple thousand crazies and got them to violently attack and smash their way in to the Capitol alone should be cause for alarm.  The fact that our Capitol was under siege and occupied by his crazies for hours and hours does raise questions for me about accountability and why we didn't do more to stop it but again, remember we're talking about how the government was operating under Trump at the time.

Hey, Biden's not perfect.  I'm not happy about the border situation either.  And I'm not happy about inflation.  But in comparison to how we were doing before during COVID with shortages and supply chain failures, and in comparison to other countries, we're actually doing pretty good.

You vote however you like, but I think a lot of your points, and your characterization of Biden being less sane than Trump doesn't make any sense whatsoever.[/quote]

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