Post election question for the Democrats

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false, one thing and one thing only did that. democrats politicization of COVID

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I’ll turn the tables a bit and suggest that the GOP needs changes as well. And for me the biggest is demeanor. Trump has injected an overdose of social-media-type vitriol into the political arena. We get it not only from him, but from young-one personalities like Boebert, MTG, Gaetz, etc.

When I fill out surveys and get asked if I consider myself a strong Republican, of course I say yes. And usually that question is followed with, “Do you consider yourself MAGA?” I always answer no.

Without question, MAGA agrees with me on political issues, but I loathe the in-your-face lack of statesmanship in the most active MAGAs. Certainly I understand the accumulated frustrations of conservative-minded people, but expressing it with a baseball bat is a sure recipe for repelling people who would otherwise ally with you.

I think a lot of the 2020 vote was a rejection of that posturing from Trump. This time around the rejection of the hard left outweighed TDS. I think the GOP would do itself a favor by toning down the vitriolic demeanor from within. Political points can be made with decorum, statesmanship, and grace.

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Yes, They should not be like the dems and call people Nazis and Fascists..

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When push comes to shove, I don’t see mass deportation of those who have carved out a life here in America. I have first-hand experience in my wife’s family. Her grandmother came from Mexico illegally with her teenage son. Her teenage son grew up to be my wife’s father. He went back to Mexico and migrated legally to the U.S., becoming an American citizen. My wife’s grandmother lived in fear of being discovered and deported for the rest of her life. Both my wife’s grandmother and father have since passed, but it still weighs heavy on my mind.

By all means build the border fence, stop the illegal entry. Those who have recently entered illegally should be fair game. But those who have been here for years and have established a life, should be provided with a path to stay here legally and maybe eventually citizenship.

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never.

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Not blanket citizenship. A path to earn it. In the case of my father-in-law, he went back to Mexico on his own and returned legally. He then became an American citizen. In the case of my wife’s grandmother, maybe no citizenship. But at least remove the threat of being deported after having lived in this country for 70+ years.

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Never. The price of admittance for any illegal who we allow to stay. You will never be a citizen. If thats your goal, go home and do it the right way like your FIL

for those who are otherwise law abiding it should be simple.

If you want citizenship, go home and apply for immigration. We will accept you, but you gotta do it right. If you do not want citizenship, you can become a permanent resident, but you will never be eligible for citizenship

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I don’t think we disagree, except maybe on the possibility of being forcefully removed. I can’t with good conscience condone such an action for a frail 90-year-old grandmother who has spent the majority of her life here surrounded by the family she raised.

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we don’t disagree. I edited my post to add more

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Yep! I see that. We might have agreement!

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Too far for Americans to swallow, even holding their noses. Otherwise, you’d have won this election in a landslide against Trump.

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Democrats need to stick with their ideals, just swap out the old guard with new faces screaming “fascist” at anyone who doesn’t agree with them. Try to reach more of that angry blue hair nose ring demographic. Less policy, more screaming nazi is sure to turn the tide come 2028.

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They are all criminals for entering this country under “asylum status” when we all know they are not seeking asylum.

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What in God’s name are you talking about? Are you saying the democrat party is the party of family values?

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Absolutely not. And we don’t pretend to be. But republicans absolutely were right before Trump came down that escalator

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Assuming they are all (or most) lying is highlighting exactly what I was talking about.

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  1. The lesson I’ve taken is that regardless of people in my line of work say or report about inflation, the fact is that “stuff people buy” is much more expensive now than it used to be, and that hits very hard at the pockets of middle class working people. You can’t explain that away.

  2. The American people will put up with anything as long as it doesn’t block traffic
 Or challenge their priors. To be clear, that is a lesson for the Democrats more than Republicans. Dems are completely stuck in their prior beliefs. They ran an entire (2 month or so
) campaign on them. Also, everyone lives in a bubble. Everyone. On both sides. A bubble in their neighborhood, their town, their media sources. These inward-looking, insular communities are detrimental to our democracy.

  3. I’d like to see the party start to direct it’s outward-facing conversations more towards addressing class than other social divisions, understanding that the struggle of a moderate-income black and moderate-income white - while different - share many similarities.

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