I’m scared now I’ve realised this

[Pickandmixmood]

I was thinking that the US public wouldn’t vote for Trump now that it is so apparent he is such a fascist. It’s terrifying to realise that they already know that and that is why they are going to vote for him.
I’m scared for the world.

It is frightening. A Trump win is a green light for Putin to take Ukraine and then do whatever he wants, and that could be invading part of the EU next.

It's also worrying that there will be people with a regressive agenda in charge and it could have effects on free speech all around the world if, say, a GOP legislature decides that mentioning anything on social media about being LGBTQ+ is 'obscenity' or that seeking social justice is 'anti-American' and demands that platforms clamp down on them.

And that's before we even get on to the abortion ban, and it is a ban, however the phrase it. The 'exceptions' are worded so that a woman has to be at extreme risk of death before medics dare intervene.

It is still possible Harris will win and even if she does, this may only postpone an awful RW US government by another 4 years, so I hope she does. But I fear she won't.

Harris is very clearly not intelligent. Nor charismatic or talented. Don’t make me laugh😂😂😂

When America sneezes the world catches a cold.

Of course we are within our rights to speculate, and judge. The outcome of this election will affect us all, directly and indirectly. It’s unlike any other.

KnickersDown - you sound like exactly the sort of woman Trump would approve of - you’re taking the piss?!

Kamala Harris is a formidable, talented, intellectual and high achieving woman.

Whatever your politics it’s pure sexism not to agree. Just look at her CV. Even just looking at her legal career as an attorney, this is true. Never mind her career as an elected politician. She’s the highest ranking female official in US history. Hate to see women calling her.

Oh yes, I'll give you that. He absolutely does understand people. He understands how to appeal to the very worst in people. He is very skilled at that.

Punching down. Simple Schadenfreude.
Like WC Tory voters who vote for benefit cuts to folk poorer than them. Or hate asylum seekers and refugees and want to see them knocked out of their small boats.

How is she not intelligent?
Please.

Well yes. Ready for the p*y grabbing.

CNN consistently fact-checks his speeches. I’m sure other mainstream outlets do, too. The trouble is, it doesn’t make the slightest difference, because his supporters don’t get their news from respectable media.

You clearly know nothing about her beyond the superficial. Her record as a prosecutor is absolutely awful. She’s a terrible terrible lawyer. If it were not for identity politics, there is no way in hell she would be where she is now.

Could say the same about Trump but x 100, yes ?

Please list the legal cases, so we may review and assess.

The frightening things is that women vote for him.

You know there will be an impact on the rest of the world, yes?

For a start he is pro -Putin and anti- Ukraine

I'm personally massively pro-choice, but significant numbers of US voters think abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape, incest, and risk to life of the mother.

It's a truly frightening belief but people hold it. And will vote for it.

How's that then?

It’s terrifying isn’t it? And so depressing

Yes they can

Majority doesn't equal intelligence

I don’t understand these types of comments - not particularly aiming this at you, but I see this on lots of threads on this topic. Someone says something negative about Harris and someone always pipes up ‘but Trump is worse’. Yes we all know that, but Trump being awful doesn’t make Harris the good guy. Two things can be true at once.

Depends who he picks as his Chief of Staff

Yes, that's because he inherited Obama's economy which he left it in a much better shape than Bush. By the time Trump left he had raised the national debt by almost 8 trillion dollars.

What's your definition of intelligent?

We were in Washington the last time he won. People in the city thought that Hillary Clinton would win - even though she wasn't much liked, she was the logical candidate ... and then look what happened. Thing was, outside Washington, she wasn't popular at all and Trump ran away with it.