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In reply to the discussion: Democrats have only themselves to blame if they lose to "defund the police" [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)Otherwise why the overwrought blame on BLM and "Defund the Police"?
Look at Missouri, where voters voted for Medicaid expansion, but the Republicans in Jeff City are refusing to fund it. They are not going to face any consequences at the ballot box, even though their own constituents disagree with them on this issue. These people are identifying as Republican in the same way they support sports teams, its identity politics in the most basic of ways, and as a result, they are reliable Republican voters. They value the cultural war, and white grievance politics more than economic security. And they are, in general, much more motivated to vote for Republicans than Democrats are for Democrats because most Democrats vote for policies over people.
There's also the fact that Republicans just straight up lie, we had billboards put up in St. Louis that called President Biden and Harris communists for fuck's sake. Who do you think their audience is? Not Democrats, and not Independents, but trying to whip up the base.