• Redvenom@retrolemmy.com
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    6 days ago

    Mamdani has a much better chance than AOC, you think the US is a super civilized country but you guys elected Trump twice

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      6 days ago

      If you don’t know the most basic 8th-grade level facts about US government, maybe don’t opine on US politics.

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        6 days ago

        India and Mexico already had female presidents and both of those countries have very intrinsic machismo, but the US is not there yet. I don’t have any faith in the US, most likely scenario is that Trump runs a 3rd term because laws, logic and consequences don’t apply to him

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          What you missed is that AOC has a much better chance than Mamdani. Why? Because Mamdani’s chances are essentially zero. Mamdani immigrated to the US. Only natural-born citizens can be president. Mamdani becoming president would require the removal of this constitutional provision. That would require an act to pass by 2/3rds vote in both chambers of Congress and then for that amendment to be ratified by 3/4 of all the individual state legislatures. While this is theoretically possible, it’s essentially impossible. Immigration is already unpopular in the US. And there’s no way you’re getting 3/4s of the states, including many deep red Republican states, to amend the constitution so Mamdani can be president.

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            I see, didn’t know that Mamdani was ineligible, my point was that any female democratic candidate is going to lose, no matter how qualified, ironically the only way I see a possible female US president is if Trump passes the torch to his daughter

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                Maybe, but I remember when Hillary Clinton ran for president, She had the credentials, experience, rich, white, connected, running against a nobody, and She lost because of some emails she sent from a private server. Jump to 2026 and Trump now can be a Senile/Pedophile/Cannibal/Rapist/Inside Trader and nobody bats an eye

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                  She was also the quintessential neoliberal when that brand of politics has become unelectable as president. Biden only managed a win in 2020 because of Covid.

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        6 days ago

        Although they are clearly incorrect about NYC mayors having a good chance at running for president, you are wrong about the us. You suck, you are bringing the world down, and you better get used to people having opinions about the us (most will be negative) and voicing them to you. Its going to happen more and more as time goes on, and just like when us has had opinions on almost every other place on earth for the last 80 ish years they are going to shove it in your face whenever possible.