President Biden quickly sailed to victory in Minnesota, but he was once again vexed by considerable defections as tens of thousands marked themselves “uncommitted.”

Disgruntled progressive activists and organizations have embarked on a campaign to push voters to mark themselves “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas War.

With 95% of the expected vote tabulated, 70.5% of voters backed Biden while 19.0% went uncommitted, according to a tabulation by The Associated Press.

In Minnesota, more than 45,000 marked themselves “uncommitted” — a number greater than the margin by which Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the state in 2016.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    112·
    8 months ago

    What specific changes to US policy has Biden made that departs from past administrations? What is he doing that Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama/Trump wouldn’t be doing? And how would Trump improve that policy if he wins in the fall?

    Specifics please.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
      317·
      8 months ago

      Bush:

      One of the most controversial moments of his single-term presidency was when Bush delayed Israel loan guarantees until it halted its settlement building in the West Bank and Gaza and entered a peace conference with the Palestinians, what would later became known as the Madrid Peace Conference.

      Obama (Not much but it’s something)

      In a rare and momentous step, the United States abstained from Friday’s vote, enabling the adoption of the first UN resolution since 1979 to condemn Israel over its settlement policy.

      What’s Trump going to different than Biden that’s the question. It’s looking like two sides of the same coin. Maybe you can focus your efforts on getting Biden to change that.

      • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
        82·
        8 months ago

        What’s Trump going to different than Biden that’s the question. It’s looking like two sides of the same coin.

        This is how we know you’re full of shit.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
          214·
          8 months ago

          You very conveniently ignored the other evidence you asked for. Can you say that you were wrong about that?

          • Zoot@reddthat.com
            31·
            8 months ago

            Like how you admit you were wrong about Biden putting pressure on Israel? Oh, did that not happen?