• Dark Arc ( Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ) 
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    2 years ago

    That being said, he ran as the adult in the room to get us back from the right, and was NOT expected to run for reelection.

    I don’t know where this idea started, it’s certainly something I expected him to do.

    • t3rmit3 ( t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
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      2 years ago

      From his campaign saying it in 2019 and 2022, though he avoided making it a promise (not that a promise would mean anything coming from a politician anyways).

      This was explicitly used as an argument to boost him over other younger candidates in the 2020 primary field.