• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Alternate Title: Senate Republicans fear they haven’t suppressed enough votes to maintain minority rule.

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    1 year ago

    Republicans: Makes wildy controversial and unpopular opinion

    Also republican: Surprised when they might start losing popular votes

  • GiddyGap@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “It’s true that abortion was the chief inhibiting factor for preventing Republicans from gaining an even bigger majority in the House, and of the Senate seats where we came up short last cycle the only way we can win this cycle is if we don’t let an issue like that pull voters away from our party,” said one Republican strategist who requested anonymity to discuss party strategy.

    Or you could take a cue for voters and adopt policies that they will actually vote for…

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    1 year ago

    Abortion rights issue should be a slam dunk in favor of Democrats but as we have seen repeatedly that folks will continue to vote against their own interests.

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    1 year ago

    Yup. They handed us a gigantic two-handed war cudgel, and we are most definitely going to beat the everliving shit out of them with it each and every single election cycle.

    For as long as we’ve got it.

    Don’t arm your opponents.