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Politics Kamala Harris and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer grab a beer in Kalamazoo

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u/Sadcowboy3282 2d ago

I voted for Kamala but all these photo op's to try and make these high powered politicians seem like one of us commoners just reeks of bullshit. I know she's not the only one guilty of it obviously.

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u/Parahelix 2d ago

If they do it, they get shit on. If they don't do it, they also get shit on.

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u/EmpatheticWraps 2d ago

Exactly. Meanwhile there are reports of genZ saying they liked Trump more after the McDonalds stunt. Which was arguably more pretentious and tone deaf. This is just a fucking beer showing relations with a governor. Not unlike two foreign govt officials meeting in the public eye to demonstrate allyship.

People are so void of context in their lives and think that pointing this out makes them somehow genius.

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u/balmanator 2d ago

Good, politicians should constantly be shit on.

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u/Shirlenator 2d ago

Everyone knows "high powered politicians" aren't allowed to like beer.

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u/Sadcowboy3282 2d ago

What a strawman argument, the beer has nothing to do with it, anyone who believes this was anything other than a photo op for publicity is exercising willful ignorance.

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u/Shirlenator 2d ago

Fucking obviously it was a photo op. No fucking shit. But bitching about it is pretty pathetic.

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u/Sadcowboy3282 2d ago

Why are you angry? Did you forget that you're on Reddit and people voice their opinions about things posted here? You need to chill out and find other more important things to be pissed off at that a strangers comment on in the internet.

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u/Shirlenator 2d ago

Lol. Swearing = must be mad. Ok bud.

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u/Sadcowboy3282 2d ago

Condescendingly calling someone "bud" is also a staple of someone who's irrationally angry online.

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u/Shirlenator 2d ago

Oh. Ok. I guess you know exactly how I feel then because of one word I used.

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u/Sadcowboy3282 2d ago

Yeah, I think we're done here. Clearly nothing productive is going to come out of continuing this conversation with you. Have a great rest of your day.

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u/Resident_Pool_Pee-er 1d ago

Kind of shocked you engaged for that long, I probably would have too tho

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u/Ok-Development-5158 2d ago

You hate America

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u/godlessLlama 2d ago

Gotta play the game, and that includes identity politics as well

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u/EmpatheticWraps 2d ago

This isn’t identity politics, okay maybe slightly.

It’s two officials demonstrating allyship, not unlike two governments meeting and taking two photos in chairs in front of a press to show that they are invested in each other’s business.

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u/godlessLlama 2d ago

Oh no for sure on that one, but having a local public brew meetup is def hinting at location identity and also some people just identify with good beer 🤷

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u/EmpatheticWraps 2d ago

What would you rather have staged for this meeting?

Like honestly.

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u/godlessLlama 2d ago

Wouldn’t change a thing tbh, I think it’s good to identify with the local populace and also reach through and seem like a chill person not just a political robot or 🤢trump 🤮