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Geoff Garin is responsible for the Cheney and Hillary focus of the Harris admin. He took over the Harris campaign and made it lose its populist appeal and momentum. He killed democracy.

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Bluesky is not a reputable source. This statement appears to be more of an opinion than anything evidence-based. Providing a source that gives evidence to support this claim would make this an argument based in fact, not opinion.

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I feel like this claim is misleading and false. There doesn't seem to be any other sources to back up the claim that one man is responsible for the failure of the Harris campaign and a social media post isn't the most reliable source to begin with. While he might have had partial responsibility, he himself did not single handedly make all the decisions that caused them to lose. Also the statement that he "killed democracy" is also misleading as democracy is still in tact at the moment and anybody saying something otherwise is just speculation at this point which doesn't hold up for a fact check. Overall, just a misleading claim to say that Garin was responsible for the campaign losing and killing democracy.
Exaggerated/ Misleading
by Apprentice (1.2k points)
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I agree with you and appreciate that you pointed out how the claims made are not held up by any real evidence or source. While I can't see the original post itself because I don't have a 'bluesky' account, however after looking into it, it doesn't appear to be a reliable place to get news as it seems to be similar to Twitter in the way that anybody can make a claim.
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What are your sources?

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