Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoMichelle Obama once said when they go low we go high. Meaning the republicans go low. What would be the equivalent of the Democrats going low instead of high ground?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down18
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareMichelle Obama once said when they go low we go high. Meaning the republicans go low. What would be the equivalent of the Democrats going low instead of high ground?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoThere’s plenty of examples of Democrats going low. Against progressives. Clinton bringing up the birther bullshit against Obama that Trump would build his campaign on. PUMA PAC. The entire 2016 primaries. The coordinated dropouts in the 2020 primaries. Forcing Harris on us in 2024. The party’s selective protection of incumbents. (Henry Cuellar got protection while Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman did not, as an example.) The ouster of David Hogg. The Islamophobic attacks against Mamdani. I’m sure there are plenty more, but this is just off the top of my head. Going low against republicans? Doesn’t happen. They only go low against their enemies.
There’s plenty of examples of Democrats going low. Against progressives.
Clinton bringing up the birther bullshit against Obama that Trump would build his campaign on.
PUMA PAC.
The entire 2016 primaries.
The coordinated dropouts in the 2020 primaries.
Forcing Harris on us in 2024.
The party’s selective protection of incumbents. (Henry Cuellar got protection while Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman did not, as an example.)
The ouster of David Hogg.
The Islamophobic attacks against Mamdani.
I’m sure there are plenty more, but this is just off the top of my head.
Going low against republicans? Doesn’t happen. They only go low against their enemies.