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Even as Trump Flounders in the Polls, GOP Candidates Keep Running Further Right (truthout.org)
submitted 2 months ago by [B] to c/pravda_news@news.abolish.capital
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As the midterm elections near, a slew of extremist candidates — selected by GOP primary voters at Donald Trump’s urging over the past few months to represent their party in the general election — are aiming to woo the public in marquis races around the country. Should they get elected, they will push the U.S. political system even further to the right, mainstreaming views that until recently would…

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[–] 6 points 2 months ago

The Right keeps winning elections because they vote in every election.

People on the Left often stay home because there's no candidate they agree with 100%.

Remember that Frederick Douglas backed Abe Lincoln in 1860 when Abe said that preserving the Union was more important than Abolition.

Douglas figured it was smarter to be on the inside with the President than on the outside with the 'moral choice.'

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