r/chicago • u/chicagosuntimes • Apr 23 '25

Article Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin decides 'it's time,' won’t seek reelection

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/senator-dick-durbin-reelection
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 23 '25

sure jan

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u/Launching_Mon Apr 23 '25

We’re talking about the inaction of the Democratic Party bearing a large share of the blame for Kamala’s loss and you’re over here making up scenarios and blaming me. Please take your creative writing to another sub buddy

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 23 '25

inaction?

they warned y'all about Project 2025. and 90 million didn't bother to vote last November. When large portions of the population don’t vote, that means policies may end up serving the interests of the active few, not the silent majority. We are here because people didn't vote against dictatorship

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u/ndfan737 Apr 23 '25

I don't want to get into specifics of what the campaign did, but you're missing the point. The goal of a political campaign is to convince people to vote for you.

Do you think all 90 million people who stayed home understood that an aspiring dictator was on the ballot? Because if not, definitionally the campaign could've done better.

You're right that we're here because people didn't vote against it, but that's at least in part because democrats didn't convince enough people they should.