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‘The brand is so toxic’: Dems fear extinction in rural US
AP 'News' ^ | 2/17/22 | Steve Peoples

Posted on 02/17/2022 2:33:57 AM PST by Libloather

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To: Libloather

Try sticking a Trump bumper sticker in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia or L.A.

Of course, rural America takes up a whole lot more acreage than those municipalities.


61 posted on 02/17/2022 7:24:24 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: EEGator

“Grandpa, did you murder people during the war?”
“No! I shot Nazis.”

(or something like that).


62 posted on 02/17/2022 7:26:40 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: CodeJockey

Yikes. When people go dumpster diving, they are on the the final downhill spiral. I might be wrong, but I don’t think most soup kitchens or food banks closed down through the worst of it.


63 posted on 02/17/2022 7:34:02 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: Libloather

“The hatred for Democrats is just unbelievable,” said Tim Holohan, an accountant based in rural McKean County who recently encouraged his daughter to get rid of a pro-Joe Biden bumper sticker. “I feel like we’re on the run.”

I will only be happy when the democraps hide in dark corners and cower alone in fear of reprisal.


64 posted on 02/17/2022 8:23:44 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.I ha)
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To: Libloather

yep


65 posted on 02/17/2022 8:25:50 AM PST by caprock (from the flats of SE New Mexico)
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To: Magnatron

Can the Republicans capitalize on this, or will they destroy this opportunity as they have been known all too well to do…

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A great contribution from Trump is showing Republican voters how bad Republican politicians are.


66 posted on 02/17/2022 8:29:43 AM PST by TTFX
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To: Libloather
“The hatred for Democrats is just unbelievable,” said Tim Holohan

It's NOT unbelievable to anyone who's been paying attention.

67 posted on 02/17/2022 8:35:08 AM PST by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: TTFX

Democrats and their liars and goons are a million times worse...


68 posted on 02/17/2022 8:36:23 AM PST by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: GOPJ

Before Trump, Republican voters thought they were a billion times worse.


69 posted on 02/17/2022 8:44:11 AM PST by TTFX
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To: Libloather

Awe, Democrats finally having to deal with the reality that Conservatives have had to deal with in Urban Areas for at least 3 decades now????

Cry me a river.


70 posted on 02/17/2022 8:55:45 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Libloather

“the GOP actually gained House seats despite former President Donald Trump’s loss”

Because Trump didn’t lose...


71 posted on 02/17/2022 8:59:43 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Libloather

There are a number of inaccuracies in this story. Fetterman is not a “small town” mayor. This implies he’s from one of the small rural towns the story is about. Fetterman was mayor of Braddock, Pa. which is essentially Pittsburgh. The last info I had about it was that it’s an economic disaster zone, one of those dying steel towns around Pittsburgh. I also remember reports when Fetterman ran for Lieutenant Governor detractors said he did little to help Braddock while he was mayor. He’s nothing but an opportunist.

On the Pittsburgh news stations he was often portrayed as a kook—a motorcycle-riding, shaved head, tattooed, avowed Socialist. He’s also an Ivy-league graduate who likes to portray himself as a man of the people.

If there are scared Democrats in Clarion they are probably the family of the left-wing faculty who populates the state university located there and who have adopted the entire “woke” agenda. And, no, any perceived hostility toward them from local Republicans is all in their fevered little brains. Most of the hardworking Republicans in Clarion probably couldn’t care less about Democrat yard signs. They’re too busy trying to cope with empty shelves, massive inflation, the 20% increase in natural gas to heat their homes, and Pennsylvania’s gasoline tax. We’re now paying $3.69+ a gallon for regular fuel in the western part of the state.


72 posted on 02/17/2022 10:18:19 AM PST by PA Presbyterian (Never Surrender!)
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To: Libloather

“The hatred for Democrats is just unbelievable,” said Tim Holohan,”

It’s totally believable.

“I feel like we’re on the run.”

Not yet. But that day is coming.

See my tag line.

L


73 posted on 02/17/2022 10:21:36 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: CodeJockey

It sounds like your local politicians need to fix the problem or be replaced.

A relatively few local activists can make it happen.


74 posted on 02/17/2022 10:24:45 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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