• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    1 hour ago

    But look at the quote to support it:

    That’s not how quotes work. The former was a paraquote, what you are quoting is an actual quote separate from the paraquote.

    Your claim that “public” does not in fact mean made open to “the public” is an assumption that has no actual evidence to support it. You are making assertions on behalf of the speaker that the speaker themselves could and would make if that’s how it was originally intended.

    If your assumption was relevant than I’m sure he would have said it himself when being criticized by members of his own party and dozens of press organizations.

    When asked he hasn’t said that’s not what I meant, or I never made that claim, he just repeats that he doesn’t think it behoves us to look at past elections.

    https://www.axios.com/2026/04/12/democrats-dnc-2024-election-autopsy

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      53 minutes ago

      So…

      What you’re saying is, you also failed to find a quote of him actually saying he was going to release it to the public?

      You didn’t need to reply just to tell me I’m right, I don’t need that level of validation