Samantha Bee explains why just getting rid of Trump in the November election is not enough, that the Republicans have to lose the Senate too. I would go further and say that all the way down the ballot to state and local races, Republicans need to lose and lose badly so that they realize that they are paying the price for installing and supporting a sociopath as president.
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Enough for what? The Dems will not actually do enough either.
If “our” candidates won every single race, will some pretend like we removed all the bad guys and don’t have major unresolved problems? Yes, definitely.
This is misguided too. All of our numerous sociopaths, whether or not they support Trump, should not be removed from power. You don’t need to make any reference to the boogeyman for this, because he’s not the only fundamentally bad actor in our government, at the local or state or federal levels. That’s why some down-ballot races matter.
But if for example we’re talking about McConnell vs. McGrath? It’s absurd to think that one matters, thanks to the Dem establishment fighting very hard against Booker in the primary. It’s also not likely that McConnell will lose, but they’re still dumping tons of resources into it, because they’re delusional or frauds or both.
They did the same shit with Cori Bush in her primary with Clay, but she will almost certainly win in that general election, making it one of the unusual cases where it’s actually a good thing that we don’t have much to worry about.
Sorry, that was a typo: they all “should
notbe removed from power.”In Washington state, one down-ballot race I care about is the supposedly non-partisan race for superintendent of public instruction. The incumbent, Chris Reykdal, raised much objection because he wants to make all schools teach fact-based, comprehensive sex education. His opponent is making exaggerated and false claims about the curriculum.