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pstokely

(10,528 posts)
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:20 AM Jun 2017

In northeast Missouri, Trump, economy help end Democrats dominance

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/northeast-missouri-trump-economy-help-end-democrats-dominance#stream/0

"Perkins said his rivals still have the challenge of distancing themselves from the national party.

“I tell people all the time that probably the most influential person for making the Republican Party strong in rural Missouri is probably Hillary Clinton,” he said. “You know, local Democrats get associated with these people on the nationwide level [who] don’t necessarily share their values.”

Still, some Republicans here aren’t willing to call their rise permanent.

“Because I think a lot of the votes he pulled in were these life-long Democrats who said ‘I can’t vote Democrat anymore. I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton. I can’t vote for Bernie Sanders. I can’t vote that far to the left,’” Frolos said. “I don’t know if they necessarily converted to becoming a Republican, but they voted against what that party had become and what it represented.”

If Trump can’t deliver on his promises to revive rural America, Frolos said Democrats in northeast Missouri will say, “‘Yeah, I’m not doing that again.’”"
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In northeast Missouri, Trump, economy help end Democrats dominance (Original Post) pstokely Jun 2017 OP
How do these people look at the Republican Party and think they haven't moved too far to the right? LonePirate Jun 2017 #1
Because these articles and quotes aren't being promoted in an honest manner. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #3
If they can't vote for Clinton or Sanders... NCTraveler Jun 2017 #2
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
3. Because these articles and quotes aren't being promoted in an honest manner.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:38 AM
Jun 2017

It's deception and propaganda aimed at creating division within the party as Republican tear themselves apart.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
2. If they can't vote for Clinton or Sanders...
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:34 AM
Jun 2017

They have no place in the party.

If they voted against "what that party had become" then they are absolutely against and type of progressive of moderate democrat.

Additionally, Trump hasn't been around long enough to have done this as stated. Truly a foolish assumption on face value. As far as the economic part, they are talking about a time-frame where Obama helped to bring us from the brink of disaster.

Some seriously foolish ratfucking here.

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