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Obama's comments appear in a new video supporting Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50 which would allow the California legislature to draw new congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms

Barack Obama has entered the political fray ahead of November's special election in California, accusing Republicans of attempting to "rig the next election" in a new ad backing Governor Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50, a ballot measure that could reshape the state's congressional map.

"Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years," Obama says in the 30-second ad, urging voters to approve the proposal. "You can stop Republicans in their tracks."

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When are you going to endorse Zohran and new bloods of couragous young democrats trying to reshape the party?

[–] VasovagalSyncope@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

When they pry the party from his cold dead hands

[–] DERRALEXANO@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

The system works

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 127 points 5 days ago (31 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 100 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They also rigged the last election, and every election for several decades.

If all of the Geriatric Old Pedophiles various attempts at election fraud were prosecuted the US wouldn't be a failing fascist state today.

"Purging" voters, "gerrymandering", etc are morally and ethically no different than election fraud; you've already chosen treason against democracy.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 46 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This entire attack on blue cities is so obviously an extension of the ballot box violence scare tactics used by the red hats during the last election.

I don’t see anyone pointing it out in the media.

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[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Reading the comments, it seems a lot of people here are totally fine to make good the enemy of perfect and repeat history all over again.

Enjoy the fascism folks. We’re in it for the long haul it seems.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’ve been watching republicans do illegal things my entire life. Nobody has ever stopped them

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some judges have.

Some people like the ACLU and Marc Elias have.

Etc.

Stopped all illegal things they do? No. But many real people have stopped many real things.

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[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Rig the next one? Like they already haven’t done that before. Just ask Elon.

[–] TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 days ago (15 children)

All this astrofurfing and campaigning for Newsom is just a proactive effort to preempt any radical voices from gaining traction from the anti-Trump momentum. That’s the top of their agenda right now, institutional integrity and democracy is at best second.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago

this has little to do with campaigning for newsom… it’s about supporting the counter to republican gerrymandering

you might be right in general, but this is not that context

[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (19 children)

This is a great example of "the left" being manipulated to turn on itself. Newsom ain't great but he is better than anything my former party Republicans put forth. If he makes it through the primaries, please for the love of Satan vote for him in the general. If Republicans win again it's completely over. If I were still one I'd be completely OK with so many worse things happening. Be more scared of what is yet to come than a groveling centrist like Newsom.

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

This is a great example of “the left” being manipulated to turn on itself.

Yeah, Obama is dividing the left with another power play. People don't want Newsom for a number of reasons. People want to vote for an actual leader who has principles.

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[–] individual@toast.ooo 66 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (17 children)

for the love of God, don't stick us with newsome

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

AOC is my top choice, but I know everybody has a million reasons why America wouldn't elect her as president.

But, I had this thought the other day, and I know this is nobody's dream team, but possibly the odd couple situation that just might work. Am I crazy for thinking a Pritzker-AOC ticket might actually have a decent chance?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The Pritzkers are literally the billionaire family of the Hyatt hotel chain fortune. They are, if anything, one part of the problem with the democratic establishment. If you want there to be zero change in society when it comes to taxing the wealthy to create social safety nets, JB is your guy.

Realistically there is zero chance that an actual progressive and a Pritzker could ever function on one ticket. Thats like Bernie running with Bezos, it makes no sense

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Pritzker is a guy who comes from money but actually does try and govern for the people. I live in Illinois and he did a bang up job for COVID, is actively doing things to try and fight/resist ICE and shows up in person to talk to the people, has signed vaccination protections to law, he helped to get stalled projects (like road repairs) going, he’s helped with education funding and requiring homeschooling to have more standards, and more.

Yeah, he’s not perfect but he’s at least one who fucking fights for the people and is trying to find ways to make things better for us in Illinois. I truly believe he would do the same on a national level.

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[–] Squeebah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wheeew boy. I just spent some time in progressive politics and jeez. They literally say Obama is the SAME level of evil as Hitler and Kamala is FAR right. This place seems so much more realistic.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

That’s because it’s not actually for progressive politics in that com, but for making you feel like you don’t fit.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

The voting machines now in Republican control are a give away that they will rig the elections. We should have the UN look at how the ballots are processed in this coming election just to be sure.

[–] lack@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like how it’s still “accuses” and is not “confirming” after all the actions taken by project 2025 ghouls to rig the election since orange man waddled back up to the white house

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Quit trying to make Newsome happen

It's really fucking tone deaf to push a Zionist in the face of cratering support for Israel among Democratic voters.

But then the Democratic party has a history of being tone deaf, like Biden picking Kamala "top cop" Harris for vp during the height of the George Floyd protests.

Biden won, but these stunts often fail.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If someone isn't capable of making the easy call to be against genocide, then they absolutely can't be trusted to be defenders of democracy.

We gotta quit pretending it's about this one issue or that one issue. Over and over again we see that there are politicians committed to fighting for what's right, and there are politicians who aren't. That's it. That's the line. The politicians that sell out to AIPAC are selling out to big tech, to Wall Street, to the military industrial complex, etc.

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Yes, Obama, who was okay, bombing people in the middle east, many of which were innocent, doesn't care about the, innocent people, in the US.

If they care, they should be in the front line protesting the shit show of the ICE. They are the one that cannot be touch by Trump and his government. He is the one who doesn't fear losing his life nor does he fear losing his income.

These people are out of touch, they hope Trump do as much damage so they can get voted in without the need to listen to their voters.

It is like a divorce kid, where both parents are abuser. One of which doesn't abuse you as much as knows that the other is worst.

People and Unions should break this abusive cycle.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Until FPTP becomes Proportional Representation I will assume all current and previous us presidents have/are Rigging The Next Election.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago
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