Harris vowed to defeat Project 2025, but Trump has distanced himself from the project, calling it 'ridiculous' and not tied to him.
    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I don’t think that’s pedantic whatsoever in this context. Words matter from politicians, especially when they have teams of speechwriters, and she’s not exactly Ms. Progressive. She’s promised to fight against 10% of it, and it’s totally valid to want her to clarify her intent.

      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4 months ago

        Y’all know decimate was the headline and this was the actual statement, right?

        I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation— to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.

        • DarthYoshiBoy@beehaw.org
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          4 months ago

          Regardless, the “pedantic” argument against the headline is only a thing if you’re not allowing for the evolution of language, it’s actually just being a snooty language snob given that language does evolve and the usage of the headline aligns with common standards these days:

          Decimate strayed from its “tenth” meaning and nowadays refers to the act of destroying or hurting something in great numbers.

          See also definition 3b of the same source.

      • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        When you look at her voting record in the Senate, she’s fairly progressive (as far as US politics goes). IIRC, she’s a little to the right of Sanders, and a little to the left of Warren, but pretty close overall to both of them. That said, she’s more of a pragmatist, and Sanders is an idealist.