• downpunxx@fedia.ioOP
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    We had a Democratic nomination process and the voters have spoken clearly and decisively. I received over 14 million votes, 87% of the votes cast across the entire nominating process. I have nearly 3,900 delegates, making me the presumptive nominee of our party by a wide margin. This was a process open to anyone who wanted to run. Only three people chose to challenge me. One fared no badly that he left the primaries to run as an independent. Another attacked me for being too old and was soundly defeated. The voters of the Democratic Party have voted. They have chosen me to be the nominee of the party. Do we now just say this process didn’t matter? That the voters don’t have a say? I decline to do that. I feel a deep obligation to the faith and the trust the voters of the Democratic Party have placed in me to run this year. It was their decision to make. Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well intentioned. The voters — and the voters alone — decide the nominee of the Democratic Party. How can we stand for democracy in our nation if we ignore it in our own party? I cannot do that. I will not do that.

  • Gork@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I want more stories about Cornpop, who was a bad dude who ran a bunch of bad boys.

    • downpunxx@fedia.ioOP
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      "Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.

      Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!"

        • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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          Of course you can downvote. Community rules are about whether a post or user will be removed. If you think OP’s post is so bad try to get it downvoted like you are

        • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Edit and my experiment was correct. Theres plenty of dumb political opinions no one wants to see on here. Thanks for helping me prove my point all

          I downvoted you because you challenged me to.