r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/OceanBlue20 • 17d ago

Teamsters didn't endorse Kamala Harris for not committing to keep Lina Khan as FTC Chair. Trump just announced that he is firing her for a pro-business stooge. Play stupid games win stupid prices. Trump

https://x.com/trump_repost/status/1866618936378396977

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u/RetiringBard 17d ago

Meanwhile Trump and his circle openly hate Lina Khan. Like…”if you don’t promise to protect her we’ll vote for those dudes trying to kill her..” ? Is this a mafia voting strategy thing?

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u/OvertonGlazier 17d ago

Not entirely true. Vance liked her. I just don't understand why hartis couldn't commit to keeping Khan.

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u/Same_Document_ 17d ago

I saw this retarded take so often prior to the election, Kamala was in the administration that appointed Khan.

How dumb are the people that believe this shit actually? She probably didn't even have the time to realize this became a wedge issue out of thin air in the last 3 weeks of the election since this was a terminally online conversation. Mark Cuban made a tweet and everyone ran with it to say Dems also wanted to get rid of her, even though he had absolutely no bearing on policy. The voters in this country are such a joke.

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u/OvertonGlazier 17d ago

So you saw this take "so often" and meanwhile the Harris campaign were oblivious to it? Really? Really?

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u/RetiringBard 17d ago

This is the first time I’m hearing this whole thing too.

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u/OvertonGlazier 17d ago

There are dozens of articles on it going back several months. There is no way Harris' campaign was oblivious to it.

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u/Same_Document_ 17d ago

I hope to God the Harris campaign was not in the bottom of reddit threads talking to people like you

Maybe they were after all with how it turned out

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u/OvertonGlazier 17d ago

Nah, they were busy talking to high minded people like the Cheneys instead of listening to bottom dwellers like me telling her to back Khan as FTC chair publicly to send a message to everyone.

Hey, at least she ran the campaign how you were hoping she would. How did that turn out for you?

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u/Same_Document_ 17d ago

She. Was. In. The. Administration. That. Appointed. Khan.

You people are hopeless, and it turned out the way you hoped actually, thanks for asking, you are Welcome

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u/OvertonGlazier 17d ago

Under Biden. Harris very front facing surrogates were suggesting she would replace her and Harris remained silent on the issue.

Somehow pointing this out makes you treat me like I am right wing scum. The reality is, you are more like them than I am. At least I am capable of criticizing my own party's failings. Harris should have publicly backed Khan. You, on the other hand, are in denial and in this sub hoping for pain for everyone else. Isn't that basically just Blue Maga?

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u/Same_Document_ 17d ago edited 17d ago

Criticizing "your" party for a completely made up reason is insane, sorry, I'm not going to coddle you and no one else should either. There were no statements by surrogates, please post them and if they exist, I'll eat shit.

They put Khan into her position at the FTC, she gets huge wins for the party and everyday people, and you hold it against them because they didn't make some express statement they probably didn't imagine they had to make.

You punished the dems for doing the right thing, that is crazy. They gave you an FTC head you liked so much that you, and people like you, decided to withhold votes and contributed to Trump's win

Either 1. Your brains are completely broken 2. The internet lied to you and you not only fell for it but spread harmful misinformation to Trump's benefit; OR 3. You know you are a lying pos.

I don't see any other options here. Own your mistake, you got Trump elected, congratulations 🎊

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u/OvertonGlazier 17d ago

Either 1. Your brains are completely broken 2. The internet lied to you and you not only fell for it but spread harmful misinformation to Trump's benefit; OR 3. You know you are a lying pos.

I can't take this seriously from people that defended Biden after he stayed in the race post-debate. You are not in a position to throw stones.

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u/DarthArtero 17d ago

I got interested in this little kerfuffle and got to reading it, while I know nothing about what happened and why, I can't help but notice that the other commenter never really denied that Harris didn't commit to keeping her, only that she was in the administration that appointed her.

Just an observation.

And yes, it is good to point out a parties failings because that's how things get learned and (hopefully) improved on. I for one am quite angry at the Democratic party for royally fucking up what should've been a walk-away win.

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u/Same_Document_ 17d ago

It's because it's misinformation, she never made a public comment, and it's probably because she never realized she had to

The person you are replying to states flat out that Kamala's "surrogates" were saying they would get rid of her, the closest you will find is one tweet by Mark Cuban.

I've looked into this claim and had this argument several times, no statements exist, and the closest you can find online are rumors from no-name "news" sites.

No spokesperson for the campaign said they would remove her, no statement was made by any official account. Khan was widely praised as a great pick and a huge win for the democratic party doing really impactful work for the average person.

This claim that Kamala was going to get rid of Khan is completely made up and was spread online to hurt the campaign following great news coming out of the FTC in October right before voting started.

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u/triedpooponlysartred 16d ago

I mean, how'd it turn out for you?

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u/OvertonGlazier 16d ago

Terribly. We lost to a convicted felon and I'm fucking pissed because this was a very easy race and the Democratic leadership fucked it up so badly. And I have no patience for their apologists or for people trying to deflect blame onto voters.

Wait, have you been assuming I didn't vote for her this entire time?

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u/triedpooponlysartred 16d ago

No. I've been assuming you think it's reasonable for other voters to not vote for her over this issue though. Individuals may not, but 'voters' as a group do indeed have some amount of agency in if they choose to give a shit about having a functioning government or not

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u/ifyoulovesatan 17d ago

Easy. It would have upset her corporate backers, and they decided that was more important than an endorsement from the Teamsters union, and more important than American consumers, and more important than integrity.