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Johnny2X2X

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13. Lots of good Dems in red states are suffering.

Reply to yellerpup (Reply #4)

Sat May 25, 2019, 09:55 AM

May 2019

Lots of good people in Kentucky and there are hundreds of thousands who only vote Democratic.

We can’t write off the population of a whole state. Our Democratic voter base lives all over the country and many are suffering terribly in the backwards red states.

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Sorry for the pun but cry me a river PJMcK May 2019 #3

Not all voters in KY voted for Trump. yellerpup May 2019 #4

Fair enough PJMcK May 2019 #5

They are brainwashed by Fox and Limbaugh sharedvalues May 2019 #6

that makes them very dumb indeed Skittles May 2019 #21

Why are you blaming the Democrats who vote against McConnell? yardwork May 2019 #9

I'm not blaming Democrats PJMcK May 2019 #15

You're ignoring the fact that red states have plenty of Democrats who vote. yardwork May 2019 #18

The 1/3 are knotheads and you can save your empathy for them. yellerpup May 2019 #17

Lots of good Dems in red states are suffering. Johnny2X2X May 2019 #13

I know, the Electoral College, percentage of voters, etc., but jayschool2013 May 2019 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn May 2019 #14

But if disaster befalls NY.... paleotn May 2019 #16

If it's upstate NY jayschool2013 May 2019 #20

Read it again. Democrats are being retaliated against. yardwork May 2019 #8

An important piece dalton99a May 2019 #10

Yeah, now that Trump is pushing violence Farmer-Rick May 2019 #11

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