Listen to what GOP politicians are saying and doing - Bettencourt, Kennedy campaigning in IA for Hinson, Vance in AK, etc.

Dems are energized. That's a record for the Dem Senate superpac

Fundraising latest:

Senate Majority PAC and its affiliated organizations raised $202 million in Q3.

SMP itself raised $151 million and has $111.8 million on hand

— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) October 6, 2026

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Listen to what GOP politicians are saying and doing - Bettencourt, Kennedy campaigning in IA for Hinson, Vance in AK, etc.

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Intelligent people and even Doug know that neither ostriches nor emus behave in such a manner.

You guys want to usher in socialism, be prepared for what results.

Americans will not go as quietly as the French and Brit's did.

Best of luck in wanting to destroy our Country.

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flown-the-coop said:

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Chuck Todd says it's over for Texas. Believe all Chuck Todd's.

Those polls are ******ed btw. Dems have no message other than "stop Trump".

No one other than the unhinged left and CMs is motivated still by Orange Man Bad only. You eventually have to have ideas.

But if you trust the polls, more power to you. Go knock on them doors for LowT and GOTV.

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Since that is what the vast majority of the country wants right now, it seems like a smart message on their part.

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I begrudgingly agree with you although all of these people are morons and have no concept of basic cause and effect.

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Chuck Todd says it's over for Texas. Believe all Chuck Todd's.

Those polls are ******ed btw. Dems have no message other than "stop Trump".

No one other than the unhinged left and CMs is motivated still by Orange Man Bad only. You eventually have to have ideas.

But if you trust the polls, more power to you. Go knock on them doors for LowT and GOTV.

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Since that is what the vast majority of the country wants right now, it seems like a smart message on their part.

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Stop Trump then what?

You can be in approving of what he has done and not want the other team / player put in the game.

Polls don't ask that when they ask for approval ratings, making tying approval rating to voter sentiment mostly worthless. HTH.

If you asked for Reeds approval rating as QB it probably remains low. If the question is would rather have Reed or a triple amputee who is legally blind and transferred from Baylor, Reed may still be underwater but the results would be closer. Again, HTH.

Last thing I need is your help.

I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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Last thing I need is your help.

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Believe it may be beyond some regardless. I feel obligated to offer it though after seeing so many unbelievably bad takes.

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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"Stop being an idiot and waking up" is exactly what Trump did for America with tariffs and Iran.

If you cannot see that, hope is lost on you. Sorry.

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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As radical as a lot of the candidates on the left are, it is hard to get people excited to go to the polls to vote for a candidate that is "less bad." You also have the less partisan that are so pissed at the Republicans that they will say screw it let's give the other guys a chance.

Trump is toxic and doesn't help by injecting himself into the conversation because his ego can't let something not be about him. So, they are trotting him off to Alabama and Oklahoma in hopes he will do less damage there. There is a reason Abbott is "too busy" to meet up with Trump when he is in Texas. Trump will make it all about himself up until election day and then after huge losses will blame the candidates (that he endorsed in the primary).

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TRM said:

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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"Stop being an idiot and waking up" is exactly what Trump did for America with tariffs and Iran.

If you cannot see that, hope is lost on you. Sorry.

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The electorate has to see it.

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TRM said:

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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As radical as a lot of the candidates on the left are, it is hard to get people excited to go to the polls to vote for a candidate that is "less bad." You also have the less partisan that are so pissed at the Republicans that they will say screw it let's give the other guys a chance.

Trump is toxic and doesn't help by injecting himself into the conversation because his ego can't let something not be about him. So, they are trotting him off to Alabama and Oklahoma in hopes he will do less damage there. There is a reason Abbott is "too busy" to meet up with Trump when he is in Texas. Trump will make it all about himself up until election day and then after huge losses will blame the candidates (that he endorsed in the primary).

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And these people are stupid and voting against their own interests. They aren't less partisan; they are unable to critically think through the outcomes their choices lead to.

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TRM said:

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Listen to what GOP politicians are saying and doing - Bettencourt, Kennedy campaigning in IA for Hinson, Vance in AK, etc.

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Intelligent people and even Doug know that neither ostriches nor emus behave in such a manner.

You guys want to usher in socialism, be prepared for what results.

Americans will not go as quietly as the French and Brit's did.

Best of luck in wanting to destroy our Country.

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This administration is more socialist than anything ever seriously proposed by the Democratic Party at large. Handing out checks in the mail, government owning equity stakes in companies, manipulating markets with government funds, tariffs, creating a state owned oil company that took concessions and delivery of barrels from Venezuela… the list goes on.

Your definition of socialist has lost its meaning. It's just a trigger word that you know you're supposed to hate.

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Won't defend some of what Trump has done but this post ignores basic US history.

It ignores a lot of basics of society, government and economic terms.

As you say, you don't have to agree with Trumps policies but mischaracterizing what Trump does as socialism in response to pointing out that the Dems are embracing ACTUAL socialism is their run of the mill projection.

They accuse others of doing what they are actually doing.

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Captn_Ag05 said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Chuck Todd says it's over for Texas. Believe all Chuck Todd's.

Those polls are ******ed btw. Dems have no message other than "stop Trump".

No one other than the unhinged left and CMs is motivated still by Orange Man Bad only. You eventually have to have ideas.

But if you trust the polls, more power to you. Go knock on them doors for LowT and GOTV.

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Since that is what the vast majority of the country wants right now, it seems like a smart message on their part.

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Stop Trump then what?

You can be in approving of what he has done and not want the other team / player put in the game.

Polls don't ask that when they ask for approval ratings, making tying approval rating to voter sentiment mostly worthless. HTH.

If you asked for Reeds approval rating as QB it probably remains low. If the question is would rather have Reed or a triple amputee who is legally blind and transferred from Baylor, Reed may still be underwater but the results would be closer. Again, HTH.

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I'll take the blind triple amputee from Baylor at this point.

I do find it funny that not a single lib can find a talking about about their Day 1 Jan 2027 plans to fix all the bad things of Trump.

Isn't just hate and impeachment? What is it libs? Just simply undo all his changes? So no tariffs and embrace massive trade deficits? Get back to offshoring all our manufacturing? Back to reliance on China for critical resources?

Is it to help Iran restart its nuclear program and help them rebuild their missile and drone factories? Reinstate USAID to drive communist regimes in S America?

Is the plan to reopen the borders, let illegals vote? Defund the police? Higher taxes?

What is the Dem plan. Let's here it. Cause if it's to get Trump then the plan is what I have laid out above.

And you have to HATE America to support that.

YouBet said:

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Captn_Ag05 said:

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TRM said:

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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As radical as a lot of the candidates on the left are, it is hard to get people excited to go to the polls to vote for a candidate that is "less bad." You also have the less partisan that are so pissed at the Republicans that they will say screw it let's give the other guys a chance.

Trump is toxic and doesn't help by injecting himself into the conversation because his ego can't let something not be about him. So, they are trotting him off to Alabama and Oklahoma in hopes he will do less damage there. There is a reason Abbott is "too busy" to meet up with Trump when he is in Texas. Trump will make it all about himself up until election day and then after huge losses will blame the candidates (that he endorsed in the primary).

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And these people are stupid and voting against their own interests. They aren't less partisan; they are unable to critically think through the outcomes their choices lead to.

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Otoh, perhaps they are correct, and the Trump supporters are wrong.

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I do find it funny that not a single lib can find a talking about about their Day 1 Jan 2027 plans to fix all the bad things of Trump.

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There will be a new impeachment pretty much monthly. That's their whole plan.

If Dems get the House, there will be at least 10 impeachment resolutions filed Day 1.

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YouBet said:

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Captn_Ag05 said:

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TRM said:

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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As radical as a lot of the candidates on the left are, it is hard to get people excited to go to the polls to vote for a candidate that is "less bad." You also have the less partisan that are so pissed at the Republicans that they will say screw it let's give the other guys a chance.

Trump is toxic and doesn't help by injecting himself into the conversation because his ego can't let something not be about him. So, they are trotting him off to Alabama and Oklahoma in hopes he will do less damage there. There is a reason Abbott is "too busy" to meet up with Trump when he is in Texas. Trump will make it all about himself up until election day and then after huge losses will blame the candidates (that he endorsed in the primary).

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And these people are stupid and voting against their own interests. They aren't less partisan; they are unable to critically think through the outcomes their choices lead to.

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Otoh, perhaps they are correct, and the Trump supporters are wrong.

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Voting for communism, open borders, anti-white racism, and mutilation of children's gentials is never correct.

But maybe it is for you?

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flown-the-coop said:

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I do find it funny that not a single lib can find a talking about about their Day 1 Jan 2027 plans to fix all the bad things of Trump.

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There will be a new impeachment pretty much monthly. That's their whole plan.

If Dems get the House, there will be at least 10 impeachment resolutions filed Day 1.

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I agree. They will not be able to help themselves. They never learn.

The entire two years will be dominated by efforts to impeach him. That will satisfy the base but put off independents. Part of me wonders if the best thing for Republicans in 2028 is to lose 2026.

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fc2112 said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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I do find it funny that not a single lib can find a talking about about their Day 1 Jan 2027 plans to fix all the bad things of Trump.

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There will be a new impeachment pretty much monthly. That's their whole plan.

If Dems get the House, there will be at least 10 impeachment resolutions filed Day 1.

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I agree. They will not be able to help themselves. They never learn.

The entire two years will be dominated by efforts to impeach him. That will satisfy the base but put off independents. Part of me wonders if the best thing for Republicans in 2028 is to lose 2026.

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If they weren't going to open the borders again, I might agree with this. But I'm not sure we a survive another 10-20M illegals flooding us.

We all know once it becomes clear if a Democrat is going to win POTUS, we will have caravans of thousands get spooled up south of us.

Gordo14 said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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TRM said:

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Listen to what GOP politicians are saying and doing - Bettencourt, Kennedy campaigning in IA for Hinson, Vance in AK, etc.

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Intelligent people and even Doug know that neither ostriches nor emus behave in such a manner.

You guys want to usher in socialism, be prepared for what results.

Americans will not go as quietly as the French and Brit's did.

Best of luck in wanting to destroy our Country.

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This administration is more socialist than anything ever seriously proposed by the Democratic Party at large. Handing out checks in the mail, government owning equity stakes in companies, manipulating markets with government funds, tariffs, creating a state owned oil company that took concessions and delivery of barrels from Venezuela… the list goes on.

Your definition of socialist has lost its meaning. It's just a trigger word that you know you're supposed to hate.

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It's also a misnomer. The Dems want Marxism, not socialism.

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DeschutesAg said:

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YouBet said:

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TRM said:

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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As radical as a lot of the candidates on the left are, it is hard to get people excited to go to the polls to vote for a candidate that is "less bad." You also have the less partisan that are so pissed at the Republicans that they will say screw it let's give the other guys a chance.

Trump is toxic and doesn't help by injecting himself into the conversation because his ego can't let something not be about him. So, they are trotting him off to Alabama and Oklahoma in hopes he will do less damage there. There is a reason Abbott is "too busy" to meet up with Trump when he is in Texas. Trump will make it all about himself up until election day and then after huge losses will blame the candidates (that he endorsed in the primary).

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And these people are stupid and voting against their own interests. They aren't less partisan; they are unable to critically think through the outcomes their choices lead to.

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Otoh, perhaps they are correct, and the Trump supporters are wrong.

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Voting for communism, open borders, anti-white racism, and mutilation of children's gentials is never correct.

But maybe it is for you?

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I'll ignore your childish ad hominem, but I will point out the fallacy of your obvious strawman.

The Democratic Party is not a monolithic party. Nor is it controlled by far-left extremists. The far-left would like to gain control of the party. Absolutely. I share your concern of that happening. But thus far the moderate Dem base, whose numbers are still in the tens of millions, retains control.

Conversely, the convicted criminal Trump and his faction of corrupt lying Trumpers are in full control of the national GOP and most of the state-level GOP organizations. Everyone knows it and admits it.

The moderate Rs have almost zero power and almost zero influence in the Trump Administration.

In Congress, Trump and the corrupt Trump faction of the GOP have primaried and ousted almost all of the moderate Rs. You can count the number of remaining moderate Rs who will still hold seats in the next Congress on ten fingers.

The best way to limit the extensive damage Trump and his faction are doing to our country is to create gridlock in D.C. That means elect Dems to Congress. The Dems won't have a veto proof majority in the Senate. But they will be able to block the worst of Trump's unlawfulness and corruption.

Lol. Americans won't even get off the couch

What unlawfullness? Has he continued doing something after a court told him to stop?

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Lol. Americans won't even get off the couch

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Takes about 5% to cause major disruptions. The closer to 10% joining a rebellion will cause folks to have to pic a side, then its game on.

Its MUCH, MUCH less than people think.

WOAH! Mail-in votes are WAY DOWN, especially in Madison and Milwaukee. Expect turnout for early, in-person to make up the rest. If not, Ds should start to worry. https://t.co/e0mr8RmdpU

— Wisconsin’s Conservative Sponge (@wiz_political) October 6, 2026

The mail in ballot split is within a point of where it was in 2024. Trump won by 13.

In order to suggest it should run hard left and potentially flip, you’d see major Dem advantage relative to 2024 and with a ton of volume.

If the party data are flat to 2024, and Rs have a… https://t.co/0rYS6iUkak

— Seth Keshel (@RealSKeshel) October 6, 2026

Good luck with that. We're nowhere near the threshold for anything of that substance to even start being contemplated, much less actioned.

Look at how fast France spiraled into chaos. It started with leaky roofs and missing teachers. And three weeks later, everything is being burned to the ground.

So why can't France fix the schools? Because they are drowning in debt. So instead, France is playing a confidence… pic.twitter.com/tWxBkg3RQ4

— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) October 6, 2026

Interesting thought here

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Good luck with that. We're nowhere near the threshold for anything of that substance to even start being contemplated, much less actioned.

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Senators Talarico and Al-Sayed, Governor Mamdani, POTUS AOC and Newsome as SecState.

Let's roll the dice and see who is right. But no sense in continuing this back and forth. You think is fantasy, I do not. You are more than welcome to be wrong.

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"The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of men who wanted to be left alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know, that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over.

The moment the men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people's door, and they will cry, scream and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the men who just wanted to be left alone."

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

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Like I said, nowhere near. This isnt 1774 or 1864. Having a handful of very redical leftist in some positions of power wont motivate what you suggest

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YouBet said:

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TRM said:

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I don't want socialism. I want the GOP to stop being idiots and wake up. Tariffs hurting the middle class. A poorly thought out attack on Iran again hurting the middle class (I support attacking Iran, but the administration badly miscalculated on the timeline). An inflation/debt time bomb waiting to go off.

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As radical as a lot of the candidates on the left are, it is hard to get people excited to go to the polls to vote for a candidate that is "less bad." You also have the less partisan that are so pissed at the Republicans that they will say screw it let's give the other guys a chance.

Trump is toxic and doesn't help by injecting himself into the conversation because his ego can't let something not be about him. So, they are trotting him off to Alabama and Oklahoma in hopes he will do less damage there. There is a reason Abbott is "too busy" to meet up with Trump when he is in Texas. Trump will make it all about himself up until election day and then after huge losses will blame the candidates (that he endorsed in the primary).

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And these people are stupid and voting against their own interests. They aren't less partisan; they are unable to critically think through the outcomes their choices lead to.

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Otoh, perhaps they are correct, and the Trump supporters are wrong.

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Voting for communism, open borders, anti-white racism, and mutilation of children's gentials is never correct.

But maybe it is for you?

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I'll ignore your childish ad hominem, but I will point out the fallacy of your obvious strawman.

The Democratic Party is not a monolithic party. Nor is it controlled by far-left extremists. The far-left would like to gain control of the party. Absolutely. I share your concern of that happening. But thus far the moderate Dem base, whose numbers are still in the tens of millions, retains control.

Conversely, the convicted criminal Trump and his faction of corrupt lying Trumpers are in full control of the national GOP and most of the state-level GOP organizations. Everyone knows it and admits it.

The moderate Rs have almost zero power and almost zero influence in the Trump Administration.

In Congress, Trump and the corrupt Trump faction of the GOP have primaried and ousted almost all of the moderate Rs. You can count the number of remaining moderate Rs who will still hold seats in the next Congress on ten fingers.

The best way to limit the extensive damage Trump and his faction are doing to our country is to create gridlock in D.C. That means elect Dems to Congress. The Dems won't have a veto proof majority in the Senate. But they will be able to block the worst of Trump's unlawfulness and corruption.

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All I did was point out Democrat policy. It's your choice to vote for those policies. You don't have to but if you vote Democrat then you are supporting everything I posted either directly because you believe in it, or indirectly because your ethics and values are loose enough that you don't care if they happen.

And I'm laughing at the thought that moderates have no power or influence. Trump is the moderate as are theRepublicans. He was a Democrat before he ran for POTUS and many of his policies are right in line with the Democrats. He's pro-choice, squishy on guns, pro-handout, pro-spending, etc etc. None of these are traditional conservative positions.

You are utterly ignoring the shift in the Overton Window and that the Democrats have sprinted to the left leaving the rest of us behind:



And I'm generally fine with gridlock. The less Washington touches the better. However, your incessant claims about Trump and gaslighting about the debt falls on deaf ears with me. You have become almost bot-like in your repeated posting on this.