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She was loudly accused of having extreme positions on a hot button issue. Saying nothing was tantamount to admitting the accusation was true. That's how the co
by jl6 2y ago
She was loudly accused of having extreme positions on a hot button issue. Saying nothing was tantamount to admitting the accusation was true. That's how the court of public opinion works.
- _t9ow 2y ago> She was loudly accused of having extreme positions on a hot button issue. She was accused of many things in bad faith, e.g. not being Black, being a Marxist, being a communist, and more. Spending time and effort to address every single one of these would have been tantamount to allowing her opponent to dictate her campaign.
- jl6 2y agoNone of those things had attack ads with this kind of impact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_is_for_they/them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_is_for_they/them It was and is an important issue to a lot of voters and by ignoring it she let her opponent explain her position for her.