

Yes, conditions in 2016 were markedly different. Biden was the VP of a highly successful president. Hillary had been demonized by the right for 2 decades and by the left for 1 decade. By the forward progression of time, Biden was weaker in 2024 than he was in 2020. Conversely, he would have been a stronger candidate in 2016.
Listen, every other “X could have beat Trump” is a hypothetical. Trump has only ever been beaten once, and I don’t want to carry on a factual debate with a Qanon MAGA hat that doesn’t believe in logic, just “feels”, so good night.
Last time, we held back the Rottweiler from mauling the toddler. The wife got rid of it for a while, but then brought it back. It seems like the only way we can convince the wife that it is bad is to have it maul the toddler and have the police take it away to be destroyed. But we can’t just take it out for a walk and let it loose, it has to chew through the back fence and get at a toddler, otherwise we will be held accountable for the Rottweiler’s destruction. And of course, we don’t want any toddler to be hurt. What to do?
Rottweiler = Trump, Toddler = Vulnerable Americans, wife = the electorate, the back fence = the constitution of the united states, for those who didn’t get the analogy.