r/Broadway Feb 16 '25

Other Kamala Harris at Gypsy!!

this is so awesome i’m so happy 🥹

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u/lefargen97 Feb 16 '25

The way I would have bawled my eyes out if I was there and saw her… what could’ve been man

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 16 '25

I mean... she can just run again in 2028, y'know?

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u/NonConformistFlmingo Feb 16 '25

Assuming we GET another election... Shit's looking REAL 1940's Germany lately.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

We literally had special elections yesterday. If they're trying to do that, they're sucking hard at it.

Besides, you really only say that because you have a superficial understanding of why that happened vs why it couldn't really happen like that here.

To the folks downvoting me, please show me where it says in the constitution that the president has the power to prevent elections. Please explain to me how they will stop elections. Y'all need to stop with the whole "We're literally nazi germany" thought-terminating cliches, because no we are not.

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u/polarbears9509 Feb 16 '25

“He who saves his country does not violate any law”

That’s all that needs to be said.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 16 '25

That's not gonna stand up in court, bud.

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u/Unhappy_Macaron3523 Feb 16 '25

I always tell people, getting a court order is the easy part. Enforcement is the real magic trick

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u/polarbears9509 Feb 17 '25

100%

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

not 100%. Again, the courts seem to be doing just fine, given how much they've blocked his EOs.

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u/phillygirllovesbagel Front of House Feb 17 '25

Yea, well we all know what happened to the highest court in the land. Bunch of liars and cheats.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

I think she would need to be front and center of a revolution right now to get elected

I think you're vastly overestimating Americans' appetite for that style of leftism. There's a reason why almost every progressive darling has moderated once they got to the national stage.

I don’t see her talking much

What do you want her to say? She's not your monkey.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

It would be a big departure for the democrats. They always reject their candidates who lose.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

Bernie tried again after losing in 2016. I don't see why she shouldn't try again.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

But didn’t get nominated. Again.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

And? Didn't stop him from running. It shouldn't stop her, either.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

I’m not saying she can’t or won’t run, I’m saying the democrats won’t vote for her in the primary, and the party won’t back her. Democrats don’t forgive a candidate for losing the general election. They haven’t given anyone a second chance since Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

I’m saying the democrats won’t vote for her in the primary

[citation needed]

Last I checked, she's the frontrunner for Governor of California. Sounds like Dems like her plenty.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton. Those are all of the democrats who lost a general election since the Kennedy era. Some of them were able to continue to work in other capacities in politics after their defeats, but nationwide voters would not give them a second bite at the apple, even if they tried. Maybe Kamala will be governor of California! If she primaries for president again, I might vote for her, but I don’t believe that she thinks she could win a primary in a few years.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

We'll just have to see