Official 2020 US Presidential Election Thread

[Bofferbrauer2]

Snoopy said:

I like Donald Trump way more than that China loving son of a bitch Joe Biden. Seriously, after all the shit China has put everyone through (not just talking about corona virus) why do we even mess with them. 

Edit: Just to make it clear, I hate the Chinese government and not the people (for most part). 

You sure you haven't inverted the names there? Just look how often Trump praised China and it's leader Xi Jinping:

Over Coronavirus: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/trump-china-praise-coronavirus-timeline/index.html

Praising China and opening the door for them to intervene in Hong Kong's Protests: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-08-15/trump-praises-chinese-leader-not-hong-kong-protesters

Praising Xi Jinping while in the midst of a trade war with him: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-praises-chinese-leader-amid-escalating-trade-war/1565379

Congratulating for the PRC's 70th Birthday: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/01/republicans-trump-china-anniversary-015290

Saying Xi had helped the US more than any other Chinese President (which would naturally include any pre-PRC presidents): https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-xi-jinping-helped-the-us-more-than-any-predecessors-2018-4?IR=T

Trump praises China, says trades very fairly with the US, and blames the US for it's trade deficit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/09/donald-trump-china-act-faster-north-korea-threat

These are just a few I found with less than 2 minutes of googling. So, let's see what to find on Biden's behalf:

Checking upon Biden, I could see that he's one of the 90 Senators who signed the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 to keep unofficial ties to the Taiwanese Government after the official ones ended. This was meant to keep China in check. But what taints his vest is that he opened commercial relations with China around the turn of millennium. But that wasn't meant as a gift to China and more like a honey trap. Or, in his own words, "The more they [meaning China] have to lose, the more they are likely to begin to accommodate international norms". So in other words, he was betting on the idea that richer Chinese people wouldn't want an exploitative government anymore and it would force China to follow international rules in terms of trade. As we know today, that didn't quite work out as intended to say the least.

The other thing that I could find was his support for the one china policy. But this wasn't in support of the PRC, but to avoid Taiwan declaring independence and risking getting drawn into a potentially very devastating war with China.

I do agree if anybody says that those were very misguided things he did. But at no point did he ever praise China - at least I couldn't find any within 15 minutes of googling.

So, who's really a china-loving son of a bitch here?

Snoopy said:

Older people tend to vote Republican and they are the ones who vote the most.

That's true. But they are also by far the most affected by the coronavirus, so their numbers could be diminished by the outbreak - potentially even by a lot if this health crisis goes on.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 10 June 2020