HashtagDadWatts t1_j2aisl3 wrote
Reply to comment by JudgeJuryJncos in George Santos Story Broke by Local LI Newspaper Months Ago by geoxol
Zimmerman pointed all of this out. He also ran a grassroots issue focused campaign. He did all the right things. The problem here is Republican voters who have no standards and no shame.
kbeks t1_j2bet8h wrote
He absolutely did NOT run a grassroots issues focused campaign. I didn’t get my turn out the vote call until litterally two or three days before Election Day. Laticia James got ahold of me a week before that clown. He mailed a few flyers during the primary and then I never heard from him again. I saw zero signs, heard zero ads, and received next to zero mailings. He was a bad candidate, that’s why he lost a heavily democratic district to a scam artist and a clown.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2bh2rb wrote
>heard zero ads
Yeah, nothing says "grassroots campaign" like running ad spots in a hyper expensive media market.
JudgeJuryJncos t1_j2ak4nk wrote
If he did a good job of pointing out his opponent was a not Jewish guy with fake college credentials and a mom who died on 9/11 in 2016, we would have known about it before the election.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2akyqv wrote
Again, Zimmerman pointed out that Santos was a fraud before the election. Republican voters didn't care.
charliehustles t1_j2avqr8 wrote
And Santos isn’t some new entity here. He ran for the seat back in 2020 and lost to Souzzi. He’s been around for awhile and it seems like nobody, press or opponents, delved deep enough into the guys record. He put up just enough front to get passed.
How about we stop ragging on Zimmerman or the press here and blame Santos for being the deceitful piece of shit who lied every step of the way for years and years to get elected to Congress under false pretenses.
kbeks t1_j2bf0zo wrote
Because Zimmerman was bad at his job and lost to this guy. If he won, we wouldn’t be ragging on him.
I expect lying and deceit from republicans, especially the brand of republicans in my district. I don’t expect incompetence from my democratic candidates.
KaiDaiz t1_j2ejsdj wrote
> . Republican voters didn't care.
Some lost cause copium you got there. District was historically a reliable blue district. Santos couldn't have won without flipping Dem voters or turning them away from polls. Fact is and still is, Dems did terrible - didn't counter successfully, didn't campaign and winged it. They pissed away whatever ammo bc they were comfy and thought they win regardless.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2epcdh wrote
Saying Zimmerman didn't campaign is objectively false. He was rallying with Schumer and other big names up until election day. These narratives miss the mark massively.
KaiDaiz t1_j2epzrp wrote
yes such a presence that with barely any signs from him present in queens. ask anyone in queens or was there...he was absent.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2er14p wrote
Already rebutted this shabby narrative once: https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/zz6wv2/george_santos_story_broke_by_local_li_newspaper/j2brbgi?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
Bunch of whiners.
KaiDaiz t1_j2erhgc wrote
yes so effective and aggressive campaigning that didnt prevent his flock from switching their votes or bother to show...it was ineffective and not enough but please keep defending his failed campaign. he failed to turn out his flock and kept them in line, end of story. its the only reason why santos managed to win, he turn the voters.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2ex409 wrote
I fully expect someone pushing these kind of narratives to frame politicians as having "flocks" with quasi-religious devotion. Bet you feel really good about manufacturing things to get upset about instead of focusing on the actual fraud that took place.
KaiDaiz t1_j2eylcg wrote
yawn...am i shocked Rs lied? nope. Do I expect Dems to fight and even harder armed with info? yes...did they fight this midterm hard enough? NOPE.
Santos was a joke but you know what else was even bigger joke? NY Dems and Zimm campaign this midterm but do continue to simp how well they fought.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2ez1gq wrote
Yeah, the person running a genuine and issue focused campaign was the problem, not the possibly criminal fraudster. Real hot take right there.
KaiDaiz t1_j2ezeuk wrote
um by your account the opponent was a total fraudster, never should of won, easy win... how did Dems lost and even some of their own voters switch to that guy? again total failure from the campaign and party to allow this result.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2f12hr wrote
>how did Dems lost
Setting aside the questionable English here, the answer is that right wing voters didn't care about the fraud, which Zimmerman and local news outlets had pointed out before the election. I know that's inconvenient to your narrative, though, so I'm sure you'll continue to disregard the role right wing voters and the Republican machine paid in facilitating this fraud.
KaiDaiz t1_j2f1umo wrote
They had to turn Dem voters to win district - either their vote or turn them away from polls...which they did. Again who i blame for the side switching? Dems lack of effort. Stop acting its all mindless R voters who didn't care and just voted for Santos and thats how he won
HashtagDadWatts t1_j2f6hpc wrote
Nah, they didn't. They just had to turn out right wing voters, which they did. You stupidly assume that politics is zero sum, despite all evidence to the contrary.
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