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Drunken Irishman

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18. You're not going to get a real Dem. One represents a district Trump won by 30 points.

Reply to TruckFump (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 12:15 PM

Oct 2019

Peterson has been there since 1991 and is likely the only Dem who could win.

It's also a district that has gotten progressively more Republican the last decade, as he went from winning by sizable margins to only winning by four-points last year.

Here's how it's voted for president since 2000:

2000: Bush +14
2004: Bush +12
2008: McCain +3
2012: Romney: +10
2016: Trump: +30

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So which two Dem Reps are kissing Trumps ass by voting "no?" [View all] TruckFump Oct 2019 OP

These two: fleur-de-lisa Oct 2019 #1

Nancy should remove them from all committees. And they should be primaried. Buckeyeblue Oct 2019 #4

No, she shouldn't remove them StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #10

Why defend them? Nt USALiberal Oct 2019 #17

Who's defending them? StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #20

I KNEW Collin Peterson would be one of them. I suppose the pragmatic bullwinkle428 Oct 2019 #9

Both have opposed impeachment SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #12

hope so, as we need to have them primaried beachbumbob Oct 2019 #2

Yep. Totally. TruckFump Oct 2019 #5

You're not going to get a real Dem. One represents a district Trump won by 30 points. Drunken Irishman Oct 2019 #18

I don't think they're kissing ass. lpbk2713 Oct 2019 #3

Bought by whom? TruckFump Oct 2019 #6

Vlad via some intermediary. lpbk2713 Oct 2019 #8

So he buys just two votes? Why? TruckFump Oct 2019 #11

They were willing. lpbk2713 Oct 2019 #14

We do know. One, Collin Peterson, represents a district Trump won by 31 points in 2016. Drunken Irishman Oct 2019 #19

Pol'tics not always surface empedocles Oct 2019 #7

Collin Peterson is from the district that went for Trump by the widest margin in MN. He votes WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2019 #13

Pelosi didn't Raftergirl Oct 2019 #15

Thank you for pointing this out so clearly. crickets Oct 2019 #16