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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I were to Americanize it: This is essentially if Ted Cruz, or better yet Chris Christie, beat Donald Trump in the general election. Undeniably a good thing as it'd mean no more Trump and it's kinda humilating for him.

But it means... yeah. One of them at the helm.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Someone on Bluesky said it was like if the Dems had lost to Trump 4 times and then ran Mit Romney and won by a historic landslide

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

then ran Mit Romney

Dems wouldn't go that far left.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

That's a better comparison, actually. Mitt very publicly doesn't like Trump, but voted with him like 80% of the time.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Undeniably a good thing

Actually it's quite easy to deny that Ted Cruz or Chris Christie would be a good thing.

This is like some real Dem thinking.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

That's why there was a whole rest of the sentence.