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WOODLAND Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wont answer the most asked political question in America this year: who will you vote for, for president?
On Monday, after a couple slugs from a pint of beer, and the better part of an hour of back-and-forth with voters, Gluesenkamp Perez, strode into the unpaved parking lot of the Fat Moose Bar & Grill where she ducked, dodged, and eventually, ditched a reporter pressing her on the subject.
Yes, she voted. No, not for Donald Trump. When asked if she voted for Kamala Harris, the first-term representative strode purposefully through the lot, talking about the importance of letting voters decide on their own.
I dont want to tell people how to vote, she said, glancing over her shoulder before getting into a car bound for her next event.
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moose65
(3,285 posts)What's the big deal? As a Democrat, no one would be surprised to hear that she voted for Harris. It wouldn't be some big "gotcha" or "scandal." Most people would assume that a Democratic politician would vote for the Democratic nominee for President.
Am I missing something? I don't think she would either gain or lose any votes by simply stating who she voted for: "Of course I voted for Harris."
SWBTATTReg
(23,999 posts)reveal their choice, more power to them. It's the American way, IMHO.
dpibel
(3,238 posts)Actually might be strategic to refuse to commit.
She won by a tiny margin in 22; her reelection is by no means a given.
Amazingly, she's west of the Cascades but one county in her district (Lewis) is the reddest county in the state.