Both the president and his reelection campaign are going after his coup-attempting predecessor even before the first GOP primary ballots are cast.

A full year out from the 2024 presidential election and nearly two months before Republicans cast their first primary ballots, President Joe Biden and his campaign are assuming that Donald Trump will be his opponent and have already started reminding voters why they threw him out of office in the first place.

Biden personally has stepped up criticism of his coup-attempting predecessor and is framing the likely rematch as one that will determine the survival of American democracy.

“The same man who said we should terminate the rules and regulations and articles of the Constitution — these are things he said — is now running on a plan to end democracy as we know it,” he said last week at a fundraiser in Chicago.

“This next election is different. It’s more important. There’s more at stake. And we all know why: Because our very democracy is at stake,” he told a San Francisco audience on Wednesday.

  • Flying Squid
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    192 years ago

    If you don’t vote for Biden and he loses, you’re in part to blame, aren’t you?

    • queermunist she/her
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      No, Biden is to blame for ignoring the extremely loud demands from the Dem base for a ceasefire. No ceasefire, no votes.

      Also? This is why liberals will support Trump when he restarts the Muslim bans. “They let Trump win! It’ll serve them right.” 🙄

      • Flying Squid
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        172 years ago

        I’m pretty sure whoever loses an election can rightfully blame the people who didn’t vote for them. That’s sort of how elections work.

        • queermunist she/her
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          62 years ago

          I will rightfully blame Biden for being a bad candidate and blame the Democratic Party for forcing Biden down our throats and making voters choose between Trump and Biden. That’s also how elections work.

          • Flying Squid
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            142 years ago

            Okay? But that still means that he can’t rightfully blame you for not voting for him if he loses. Despite what you said.

            • queermunist she/her
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              32 years ago

              He can’t blame me for being unwilling to vote for genocide! He can blame himself for supporting genocide, because that’s my single issue. I disagree with Biden on so many things but this is the one thing I and many many other voters will not budge on.

              I’d literally rather kill myself than vote for genocide. Just, go to a polling station and cast a 9mm ballot into the roof of my mouth.

              • Flying Squid
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                122 years ago

                Again, if he loses, you are in part to blame. That’s just a fact. Everyone who doesn’t vote for him is to blame for him losing. This applies to all other presidential candidates.

                • queermunist she/her
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                  I am not to blame for when someone else loses. The loser is to blame for their own loss because they didn’t do what they needed to do to win.

                  This twisted vote-brain logic will be the reason liberals support Trump when he restarts the Muslim bans or starts putting people in camps. “Well they should have voted for Biden, they’re just getting what they deserve.”

                  • Flying Squid
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                    102 years ago

                    I’m not sure why you’re denying a basic fact of reality, but I guess enjoy your fantasy.

                • @[email protected]
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                  22 years ago

                  By that logic we can blame you for Trump getting elected in the first place. You obviously didn’t vote for the right Democrat so it’s your fault.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    82 years ago

                    Which Democrat is the “right” Democrat? Because I only remember one Democrat running against Trump in 2016 when he got elected.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 years ago

      That’s like saying “if you hadn’t burned dinner, your husband wouldn’t have had a reason to beat you.”

      Absolutely disgusting viewpoint.

      • Flying Squid
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        132 years ago

        Are you really comparing Biden winning the election to a man beating his wife?

      • @[email protected]
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        82 years ago

        Except that elections are math. Your husband ostensibly has the ability to control himself if he chooses. If the people don’t vote for Biden and Biden exercises control over the process so that he wins anyway, that’s treason.