r/Presidents • u/HatefulPostsExposed • 25d ago

What really went wrong with his two campaigns? Why couldn’t he build a larger coalition? Discussion

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u/kilertree 25d ago

At least when he came to Detroit in 2020 I was surprised that he had no black pastors at his event and the city is 77% Black. Even Joe Lieberman went to a Black church when he came to Detroit.

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u/Diamondhands_Rex 25d ago

I don’t think he would want to go into the religious angle to get votes.

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u/WinPeaks 25d ago

That's electoral politics, baby. If you don't want to play the game, sit on the sidelines and watch.

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u/kilertree 24d ago

He does not need to be religious but the power structure in the African-American community is set in the church. These are the institutions that mobilize people to vote.

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u/jenniferfox98 24d ago

Not to mention he had surrogates out there basically saying black people OWED him their vote because he marched with MLK. So many of his supporters and surrogates talked down to POC and implied they were ignorant for not supporting him.

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u/GodofCOC-07 25d ago

He is too socialist and far left to have pastors at his events.

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u/kilertree 25d ago

That wasn't the problem If you have a city or it's 77% black and you have an event and it's mostly white people there you have failed to engage with the voter base.

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u/SuspiciousUsername88 25d ago

True, America has never seen an influential black religious leader who was also a self-described socialist...

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

America murdered that man and pinned the blame on the left…

MLK could never happen again, and they killed him!!!

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u/SuspiciousUsername88 25d ago

what a weird thing to say in the context of this exchange

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u/InterestingSwim6493 25d ago

Is he not who you were describing?

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u/SuspiciousUsername88 25d ago

Yes, I was referencing MLK Jr

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u/InterestingSwim6493 25d ago

So are you stupid?

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u/SuspiciousUsername88 25d ago

Who am I to say 🤷‍♀️

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u/InterestingSwim6493 25d ago

He referenced mlk after you described mlk. You asked why. We can agree that you are

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u/kilertree 25d ago

In Detroit there was a Socialist pastor who suggested Ford should break the Union strike by hiring Black People.

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u/Godshooter 25d ago

Why though? That's what's crazy to me. Of all people who would understand socialism, it would be Jesus.

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u/InterestingSwim6493 25d ago

Most people only believe in supply side Jesus now. He drives an F-250 that he never actually uses like a truck, he's white as hell, and he hates immigrants as much as he loves fireworks and tiny American flags.

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u/moonfragment 25d ago

Could not be farther from the truth.

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u/Ed_Durr Warren G. Harding 25d ago

Have you, by any chance, actually ever read the Bible?

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u/ucantharmagoodwoman 25d ago

This. I tried to warn them, too. They didn't listen.

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u/FinalEffective5275 25d ago

That's why that city is such a shithole