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A New York Times reporter was asked why they consistently frame things as bad for Biden but never bad for Trump. (old.reddit.com)

submitted 6 months ago by mozz@mbin.grits.dev to c/politics@beehaw.org

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"I think what you're reacting to is that, at the moment, Biden is an unpopular president seeking a second term while Trump is a popular figure inside his party who is winning primary races. I wouldn't necessarily compare the two."

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

So in summary because 70,000 Palestinians died... you think the lives of the million people sheltering in Rafah are forfeit?

Yeah that jumped out at me too

Like fast forward two years, Trump is giving on-the-ground military assistance to Israel instead of whatever milquetoast diplomatic resistance Biden is doing so far which is still better than the American average. The second war has started, and there's carpet bombing of Palestinian cities with American intel assistance, all the food aid has stopped, and we don't even attend UN meetings anymore.

And then go to Palestine and say "Sorry about all this. You could have had the status quo, but I could never vote for someone who supports a genocide, period. So don't blame me for it. Fuck gradual change."