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kentuck

(115,093 posts)
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 10:39 AM Mar 2025

Democrats have a strategy - they just have to execute it.

Tim Walz and Bernie Sanders have been going into Republican districts to talk to the voters there, because Republican Congressmen and Senators have refused to hold townhalls in their districts. Nature abhors a vacuum. There is a vacuum for Republican leadership and courage.

Not only should Democrats go into these red districts to talk to the voters, but they should do more.

They should recruit people to run against these Republicans now in Congress. Perhaps there was an unspoken agreement before now, but that needs to change. These cowardly Republicans need to feel the heat.

If Democrats cannot find a good Democratic challenger for these traitorous Republicans, then the Democratic Party should support any Independent challenger that chooses to run against the Republican incumbents. The voters need to know they are not powerless.

The problem is with Republican incumbents. They must be removed. Democrats should go as far as supporting primary opponents against these Republicans, even if it requires asking their Democratic voters to hold their noses and vote for a different Republican.

The strategy is in place and may be the only strategy left for the Democratic Party. We need to be pro-active and go into every Republican district in this country before the next election. We need to challenge these folks at the ballot box.

In my opinion, this is the best way forward at this time.

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LauraInLA

(2,248 posts)
1. The caveat is that if the Republican challenger to a R incumbent is "more MAGA", and a D/Indy is unavailable,
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 01:06 PM
Mar 2025

voting for the less MAGA seems best?

JI7

(93,191 posts)
3. It happens all the time in primaries
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 04:30 PM
Mar 2025

People run against those with same views becsuse they want to hold that public office.

LauraInLA

(2,248 posts)
4. There is often a challenger who thinks they can out-MAGA the incumbent. And sometimes constituents decide that their rep
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 07:10 PM
Mar 2025

is not MAGA enough, no matter how we would characterize them. Free Repub is full of people complaining their MAGA Congressperson isn’t fierce enough and needs a “real” MAGA challenger.

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