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In a letter published Wednesday on Medium, an anonymous group of Biden's campaign staffers demanded the president call for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing concerns that not shifting his policy on the issue could hurt his 2024 chances.


"Biden for President staff have seen volunteers quit in droves, and people who have voted blue for decades feel uncertain about doing so for the first time ever, because of this conflict," the Medium letter read.

"It is not enough to merely be the alternative to Donald Trump," the campaigners continued. "The campaign has to shift the feeling in the pits of voters' stomachs, the same feeling that weighs on us every day as we fight for your reelection. The only way to do that is to call for a ceasefire."

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[–] qwertyWarlord@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Hmm, let me see. Ceasefire in a country that has nothing to do with us and doesn't effect us in the slightest

OR

We elect a literal fascist who actually admitted he will be a dictator and use the military against his enemies at home

Tough choice

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I'm sorry that pushing for Biden to be a better person is such a problem for you. Trump is a monster, but that doesn't mean we should ignore everything Biden does and pretend he's perfect.

[–] norbert@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't see anyone pretending Biden is perfect though?

I see a whole lot of people saying "a sane rational actor instead of a fucking psychpath and his cult."

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

that doesn’t mean we should ignore everything Biden does and pretend he’s perfect.

who is doing that? where?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

He’s not perfect. He’s like getting 6 hours of sleep, tolerable. Trump is like getting 45 minutes of sleep a week, concerning and dangerous. 8 hours of sleep isn’t on the ballot and probably won’t be next time either

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh shut the fuck up, that’s not what any of this even is, not to mention it’s not about being a “better person”. There is far more complexity to this whole mess. This shit doesn’t start nor end with Biden.

Your other responses in comments are just as shortsighted and simplistic, but go off ig

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

"Genocide is fine if it doesn't happen to me" is not a take I was expecting to see being upvoted.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Uh... Israel is killing Gazans using American-made weapons right now.

[–] rodolfo@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago

Ceasefire in a country that has nothing to do with us and doesn't effect us in the slightest

a brutal lie in the first part, a gross lie in the second part. mind you, I'm not pushing for any of the two octogenarian that will be elected.