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Democrats constantly ‘reach out’ to the other side. Republicans don’t.
Wasghinton Compost ^ | April 2, 2019 | Paul Waldman

Posted on 04/04/2019 7:40:10 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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In this time of deep polarization and identity-driven politics, there is a profound difference in how the two parties approach the “other” America.

Democratic presidential candidates are spending a great deal of time in Iowa, demonstrating to farmers that they understand their concerns. They hold forums where they talk about soybean prices and the marketing practices of seed suppliers; they propose plans on issues from agricultural monopolies to rural broadband. They’re “reaching out” so hard, their arms are about to pop out of their shoulder sockets.

If you missed all the times Republican presidential candidates held forums in urban areas to show Americans who usually vote for Democrats that they get where they’re coming from and would like their votes, that’s because it never happened. That’s just not how Republicans operate, particularly President Trump. From the moment he began his 2016 campaign, his message to people in areas that wouldn’t be voting for him was essentially that they could all go straight to hell. And right after the election was over, he went on a “victory tour,” visiting only the states he won.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 116th; democraticparty; democratparty; democrats; outreach; republicans; speakerpelosi
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Had to check the date of this article to make sure it wasn't April fool's day.
1 posted on 04/04/2019 7:40:10 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Reach out for OPM.


2 posted on 04/04/2019 7:42:40 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: EdnaMode

LOL! Yeah, right. (forgot the barf alert.)


3 posted on 04/04/2019 7:42:45 AM PDT by fwdude (Think about it: Blacks were made slaves in Africa, but were made free men in America.)
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To: EdnaMode

Are they talkin’ about Uncle handsy joe? He’s done a lot of “reaching out” over the years. I did NOT hear him make an apology to the lady SS agents he skinny dips in front of in his little blurb yesterday. Hmmmmm.


4 posted on 04/04/2019 7:42:48 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: EdnaMode

That’s some real bull $jittery, that is. Has anyone seen the news since 1992? It seems to have gone missing?


5 posted on 04/04/2019 7:44:41 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: EdnaMode

“...his message to people in areas that wouldn’t be voting for him was essentially that they could all go straight to hell...”

Well, if it were true, WHY NOT?? On the other hand, those areas that traditionally would not vote for a Repub candidate, are now getting a snout-full of what the RAT PARTY is truly all about...and many are switching votes!


6 posted on 04/04/2019 7:44:51 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: EdnaMode

Washington Compost = Grade “A” BS


7 posted on 04/04/2019 7:45:35 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: EdnaMode

To call the author of this garbage a left wing hack would be a massive understatement. He is a far left loon.


8 posted on 04/04/2019 7:45:39 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: EdnaMode
The Democrats pander to these people because they need their votes. They don't really give a sh!t about them.

Sometimes it pays NOT to pander. Before the Iowa caucuses in 2016, Ted Cruz campaigned in the state and publicly opposed corn subsidies ... and he WON.

9 posted on 04/04/2019 7:46:14 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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Democrats constantly ‘reach out’ to the other side. Republicans don’t.

Yes, DemoRats "Reach Out" with

Violence and Hatred

without fail.
10 posted on 04/04/2019 7:46:22 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: fwdude

Remember when Coumo told conservatives to get the hell out of New York? Is that what you call reaching out?


11 posted on 04/04/2019 7:46:26 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: EdnaMode

What a joke. The GOPe dreams about winning with only Democrat constituencies. They despise their base, basically agreeing with Obama about “bitter clingers”. Even “conservatives” constantly delude themselves with stories about how blacks, Jews, and Latinos are about to start voting for limited government or something. The Democrats know perfectly well that in a multicultural society, democracy is simply a racial headcount. Meanwhile, a few hundred more future Democrat voters crossed over the border while I was typing this.


12 posted on 04/04/2019 7:46:40 AM PDT by cdcdawg (A couple more election cycles and they won't even need vote fraud)
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To: EdnaMode

LOL!


13 posted on 04/04/2019 7:47:21 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: EdnaMode

Yeah, reach this!


14 posted on 04/04/2019 7:48:01 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: EdnaMode

The only Reaching out they do is for other peoples money or sex appendages


15 posted on 04/04/2019 7:48:10 AM PDT by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. I have been a DOithS / PC guy forever and alway)
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To: EdnaMode

“his message to people in areas that wouldn’t be voting for him was essentially that they could all go straight to hell.”

Gee, I seem to remember a Trump rally scheduled in downtown Chicago that was turned into a near riot by a mob of peaceful, tolerant Leftists.

L


16 posted on 04/04/2019 7:48:24 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: rktman

“I did NOT hear him make an apology to the lady SS agents he skinny dips in front of”

I believe that was a PR ploy to convince the Hussein Heads that he was really into women.

Otherwise, the Secret Service would simply have quietly only assigned male agents to him.


17 posted on 04/04/2019 7:49:12 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: EdnaMode

More oral flatulence from Bezos Bozo’s....pffft.


18 posted on 04/04/2019 7:49:27 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: EdnaMode

IIRC, last time Trump tried to campaign in “enemy territory”. his supporters were attacked and injured.


19 posted on 04/04/2019 7:49:31 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
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To: EdnaMode

Another unlicensed journalist suffering from paranoid delusions...


20 posted on 04/04/2019 7:49:57 AM PDT by eyeamok
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