U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Adam Smith have also called for Biden to drop out, though not to resign. Other Oregon and Washington Democrats have been noncommittal.

Not sure if this violates rules, but this is breaking news and the primary source. Local news video.

17th house Democrat calls for Biden to step down. Post NATO-news conference, 6:30 Pacific Time

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    4 months ago

    Welp…it’s over folks. To those continually downvoting me because you can’t face facts, it’s time. As a staunch Democrat, I cannot bring myself to support that man any longer. Either find a new candidate or this will be the first presidential election I don’t vote in.

    This wasn’t the original message as you edited it, the original was more explicit that you were actively refusing to vote against fascism if it came down to fascism or Biden, but it’s close enough to the original in meaning.

    • Coach@lemmy.worldEnglish
      46·
      4 months ago

      Yup, I said “go fascism.” I see it, right there. If I squeeze my eyes really tightly.

      Again, it’s this “fascism or else” distillation that is going to drive people away from politics and the polls, not towards.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        35·
        4 months ago

        Yup, I said “go fascism.” I see it, right there. If I squeeze my eyes really tightly.

        You said that in the case of fascism against Biden, you would let fascism win. Pretty unambiguous.

        And then tried to bothsides fascism with Biden by calling the presumption that the opposition was literally fucking fascism as insufficiently nuanced view of the race. Because, as we all know, Trump et co are very complex. They definitely aren’t fascists with their masks all the way off.

        • Coach@lemmy.worldEnglish
          47·
          4 months ago

          Again, you can’t read and I can’t rationalize with someone so defensive. Have a good one.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            4 months ago

            Again, you can read

            Yes, hence why I was able to parse you saying

            And distilling the complexities of American leadership and our standing in the world into fascism vs. dementia is just naïve and simpleminded.

            In a discussion about whether or not voting against fascism was necessary to not be pro-fascist (PROTIP: it is). If there is complexity in this, it is on the Democratic side, which is a mess and a big tent with a shitty candidate at the moment. There’s no ‘complexity’ about the fascism that Trump et co are peddling. When I asked you to explain this, you refused, what, three times?