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46th President of the United States (2021–2025).

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 @8LY9DG8Democrat from Pennsylvania  asked…5yrs5Y

Why would you vote for trump, like give me a good reason?

 @8M7B4CG from California  commented…5yrs5Y

I am against racism. Joe Biden was for segregation, wrote and passed the 1994 crime bill which negatively affected minorities for decades. He is the definition of systematic racism, having been in politics for 47 years, pretending like trump, who has been in office for four years has created his (Biden’s) problems. Trump has only worked to undo the nasty policies passed by Joe Biden and the historically racist democrats. The party of the KKK.

Trump is for school choice, which would allow minorities to exit the red lining sectors where they don’t have funding for their schools.

Trump isn’t just the choice for minorities, he is a choice for Americans who want to prosper and work hard for their dreams.

 @8MKHJMV from Minnesota  commented…5yrs5Y

I AM 100% PRO-LIFE. (except for rape and health issues to the mother or child.)

 @8MRVTVLDemocrat from Texas  commented…5yrs5Y

Its not your choice to choose what PEOPLE do with their body.

 @8N55LXW from Massachusetts  commented…5yrs5Y

Why don’t these people wear a condom or use plan b after the fact? Why do I have to pay for people not using the contraceptives available to them?

 @974VFRV from Pennsylvania  commented…3yrs3Y

you can do whatever you want with your body, but don't expect me to pay for it

 @97DVHK4 from Pennsylvania  commented…3yrs3Y

I TOTTALLY agree

 @9BP45QS from Florida  commented…2yrs2Y

What a surprise, total lack of personal responsibility from the pro-lifer.

 @8NG8KY5  from Utah  commented…5yrs5Y

couldnt people abuse this and say they got raped even though they didn’t? how would they know if they were lying or not? plus this would result in women doing unsafe abortions.

 @8WF8FGF from California  commented…4yrs4Y

It's completely unnecessarily to make an exemption for rape. Just allow anyone to have an abortion for the first three months and then it is off the table. If you are raped, you will immediately take Plan B or get an abortion in the first couple of weeks. So this is a non-issue so long as the cut-off point for abortions is at 3 months.

 @9PT5VRDDemocrat from Connecticut  commented…1yr1Y

rape kits where invented for a reason

 @8NL3YNM from Ohio  commented…5yrs5Y

Are you a male?

 @96DD4DL from Ohio  commented…3yrs3Y

I accept and respect people that want to have a baby and want to have a family with the person their happy with but rape is going to far.

 @8N5NSYX from Iowa  corrected…5yrs5Y

“I am against racism. Joe Biden was for segregation, wrote and passed the 1994 crime bill which negatively affected minorities for decades. He is the definition of systematic racism, having been in politics for 47 years, pretending like trump, who has been in office for four years has created his (Biden’s) problems. Trump has only worked to undo the nasty policies passed by Joe Biden and the historically racist democrats. The party of the KKK.”

Joe Biden has said he regrets signing the 1994 crime bill. The KKK currently aligns with the Republicans, the very very far right people.

 @8PRSDMFRepublican from Texas  commented…5yrs5Y

I know Trump does not reside with the KKK because he has denounced them on multiple occasions and declared them a terrorist organization

 @8P6JQKXRepublican from Indiana  commented…5yrs5Y

I highly disagree but in any other way BLM was founded by Some racist against whites. Does that sound right to you?

 @8Q497F9 from California  commented…4yrs4Y

Lets step back a moment. There are 3 founders of the Black Lives Matters Moment. 1st of the 3 is Alicia Garza. She has said that white people can improve she also married a half white man. Next is Opal Tometi, she talks about how a lot of internalized racism in white people. That isn't racism it's education. Last is Patrisse Cullors, who actually urged white people to stand with her. None of these women are racist in any way, you need to fact check.

 @8VC2Q88Democrat from Virginia  agreed…4yrs4Y

“BLM was founded by Some racist against whites. Does that sound right to you?”

Honestly, I am for ending racism, but I do NOT trust BLM for that same reason.

 @8PHFW53 from North Carolina  commented…5yrs5Y

No

 Deletedcommented…4yrs4Y

BLM is not anti-white

 @8P6VJ7S from California  disagreed…5yrs5Y

“Joe Biden has said he regrets signing the 1994 crime bill.”

Biden is absolutely a racist based off of the things he has said and done over the course of his entire political career. If any other candidate said a single one of his slip ups their campaign would go up in flames before they walked offstage. Please don't act like the pathetic half assed "I wish things were different" was any actual admission of guilt or regret. He is a law and order republican in all but name.

 @8SLFWD5 from Hawaii  commented…4yrs4Y

I’m from Hawaii and I really think this country is crap. Please America stop with the fighting and figure out how to stop democrats lying and stop republicans Fighting. I’ve had enough and It will all end when the lord comes. I’m moderate Republican, Raised In a Christian/Hawaiian/ Hispanic Family with much diversity and much knowledge about Christianity.

  @9nlm4vr13from Massachusetts  disagreed…1yr1Y

“a racist”

I guess you voted for sanders.

 @8N69BSP from Ohio  commented…5yrs5Y

No, the democrats are the racist KKK people not the republican people so try agian. You are gonna say the parties switched but they never did.

 @8NRBXNLDemocrat from Virginia  commented…5yrs5Y

Both parties have shown racism in the past, not excluding republicans and trump. I'm not denying there are racist democrats however it is ignorant to deny racism on the right as well.

 @8NLRQLVDemocrat from Washington  corrected…5yrs5Y

It's not a switch but a shift in the latter half of the 20th century:

Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

Most notably, Strom Thurmond, the longtime South Carolina Senator, ran

for POTUS as a Southern, Democratic Dixiecrat, going on to say that,

“all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot

force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our

places of recreation and amusement.'' While the Democratic Party of

Lyndon B. Johnson was marching forward toward racia…  Read more

 @7YHFK33Democrat from Missouri  disagreed…4yrs4Y

“You are gonna say the parties switched but they never did.”

If you honestly believe there was no party switch, try checking the history books again bro. It wasn't a complete 180 of views, and it didn't happen overnight. It was something that happened over tens of years and happened when the parties' values started shifting in different areas and their priorities lied different than before. The views that would shift over time would then go to contradict many other beliefs of their own party previously as well. The point isn't that the two parties completely switched all their values, it's that the two parties' values changed, with some of those values switching between the two parties over time. As someone who has studied history extensively, I guarantee anyone else that has studied history will tell you the same, if not very very similarly.

 Deletedcommented…4yrs4Y

Yeah as if a KKK member would vote for Biden, you obviously do not understand history and American politics if you do not know about the party switch.

 @8PSZK3PIndependent from California  commented…5yrs5Y

Let's go over these points, shall we. First of all, I think u mean integration because segregation ended nine years before Biden became a United States Senator. Now with this issue comes bussing. Biden opposed bussing and wanted to impose other measures like affordable housing, equal credit, and extending the voting rights act. For the 1994 crime bill, yes, it did contribute to systemic racism. However, this was not targeting minorities as many black caucuses at the time supported the bill. He has made some remarks regretting specific aspects of the bill. With the party of the KKK, I thi…  Read more

 @946WBJS from Michigan  commented…3yrs3Y

If the KKK supported someone, why would they publicly endorse them? They are aware of how they are seen publicly. They know any endorsement of theirs would be damning to the candidate.

 @8FCV27FIndependent  from Ohio  commented…5yrs5Y

The Democratic party has gone through a paradigm shift since the 1910s when they were the party of the KKK. Since, Strom Thurmond and other pro-segregation icons became Republicans, and David Duke, former grand wizard of the Klan, endorsed Donald Trump. Trump has ridiculed social justice activists, dog-whistled against social democratic reforms that would benefit the African American community, and said of white nationalist protesters, "There were good people on both sides". So yeah, some champion of minorities..

 @8MKRQX3 from Texas  commented…5yrs5Y

Guns, I like them, he likes them.

 @6R6HBQ3Constitution  from Ohio  commented…5yrs5Y

Because he was the only pro-lifer in my state

 @8M5TD3SAmerican from Wisconsin  commented…5yrs5Y

You should vote because he prioritizes our safety, but most importantly our freedom. America started because some believed that people should be able to do things ourselves, without being constantly monitored by the government. I also believe you should vote Donald Trump because, while he does have a few problems, Joe Biden is just a figurehead for the Democrats, and I believe someone who is able to be independent should be the one taking care of our country.

 @8KRXT3RDemocrat from Iowa  commented…5yrs5Y

Why would you vote for Trump

 @8LS9JFD from Arizona  commented…5yrs5Y

WTF is this comment section

 @8P47N7S from Colorado  commented…5yrs5Y

What is joe biden's campaign slogan or primary idea?

 @8PMSSD7American Solidarity from Virginia  commented…5yrs5Y

I believe Biden is the best for our country right now. He is a better choice because we need to focus less on military and foreign policy but focus more on COVID-19 and the racism going on in our country right now. I can tell that he is very prepared to tackle the coronavirus and is worried about people's safety. I also believe that he is more caring and compassionate than Donald Trump. Trump is more of a war-time president, focusing more on foreign policy and economy. While that is still important, I believe Biden is more rightfully focused on social issues and healthcare.

 @8L5SQ9L from North Carolina  commented…5yrs5Y

I don't want someone who can't even form a complete sentence to be the next president and someone who forgets he's running to be the president. Where did his common sense go? maybe one of yall can help him find it.

 @8LJRPQF from Mississippi  commented…5yrs5Y

donald literally talks as if he is reading a run off sentence.

 @8LGFV93from Maine  commented…5yrs5Y

Agreed.

 @8QNPGNC from Georgia  commented…4yrs4Y

Fact Check: He doesn't forget, he has a speech impediment. Many republicans say he has dementia, but if he had dementia, he would have forgotten everything .

 @8LY9DG8Democrat from Pennsylvania  commented…5yrs5Y

You probably cant either cause your dumb enough to vote for trump

  @Joseph-CreedIndependent  from Pennsylvania  commented…3yrs3Y

Honestly, I feel that Biden is an average president; not the best but not the worst either, like Dubya Bush.

 @8PRSDMFRepublican from Texas  commented…5yrs5Y

Imagine if we judged Bidens past how yall judge Trumps past

 @9D7WL67from Virgin Islands  commented…2yrs2Y

He's told old for politics and I'm bored, so I took a quiz.

 @8YC2MTNSocialist  from Wisconsin  commented…2yrs2Y

Joe Biden is the Big Mac of presidential candidates

 @PleasedSparrowfrom Guam  agreed…2yrs2Y

Just like a Big Mac, Biden's political career has many layers, from his time in the Senate to his vice presidency, and now the presidency itself. His policies have wide appeal, similar to how a Big Mac is a crowd favorite. But hey, wouldn't that make Kamala Harris the side of fries that completes the meal?

 @978Q9RL from Florida  commented…3yrs3Y

I think teachers should have guns

 @9FNXGRQ from Maryland  commented…2yrs2Y

As someone who is mostly center on the political spectrum with a slight right lean, everyone is too extreme nowadays and there are no good options going forward. Biden is too wishy-washy and can't commit to things while letting his friends get away with stuff, and the big three republican candidates are all just jerks who do not deserve to be in office, especially Trump and Ramyswamy. 2024-2028 isn't going to be great...

 @9G9L9VQLibertarian from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

joe biden needs to be in a nursing home.

 @9FKRYN7 from Kentucky  commented…2yrs2Y

I am against racism and everything Joe Biden stands for.

 @978Q9RL from Florida  commented…3yrs3Y

I think teachers should have guns

 @8LNPDRB from Indiana  commented…5yrs5Y

least we have actual freedom and can get help from the government, and no racism

 @8MJQVGT from New York  commented…5yrs5Y

I am against racism of all sorts, including of LBGTQ rights. If anyone believes in punishing people for their identity, then they better to hell not be president!

 @Dry550Independent from Illinois  commented…1yr1Y

I have never voted and am probably never going to, but the current president scores below average for me, I don’t like him, but he’s not a complete failure I guess.

 @8LRVG75 from Minnesota  commented…5yrs5Y

vote for joe Biden

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