196

16501 readers

2714 users here now

Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

^other^ ^rules^

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

278

R(ul)evenge USA edition (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

188 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The discourse on American politics sometimes devolves to "Leftists who won't vote" & "MAGA Republicans" teaming up to "getting revenge on liberals".

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You mean that thing that hasn't happened since Ross Perot in Texas 30 years ago?

Surely his Reform Party is still around after having their funding boosted, right? Nope, they dissolved in '97 after doing even worse at the polls in '96 than in '92.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

That's simply not true. The Reform Party got Jesse Ventura elected governor of Minnesota in '98.