"If you care about your country and your rights, don't vote for any Republicans in 2022"

[Nevilledog]

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Jill Lawrence
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About 8% of Republicans voted Dem in 2018, TargetSmart CEO @tbonier told me. If that rises to 15% this year, he added, “the GOP has no chance of taking back either the Senate or the House." Polls suggest that's quite achievable. https://usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/09/18/dangerous-2022-elections-abortion-voting-democracy/10368442002/… @usatoday @usatodayopinion

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If you care about your country and your rights, don't vote for any Republicans in 2022
I've covered many admirable Republicans, and today's GOP still has some. But it's too risky to support them when their party is on such a dark path.
7:28 AM · Sep 18, 2022

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/09/18/dangerous-2022-elections-abortion-voting-democracy/10368442002/?gnt-cfr=1

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Now that primary season is over there is a simple test for voters, especially Republicans and independents: If you care about the future of America, democracy and your own rights, don’t vote for Republicans. Any of them. Even the officeholders who have stood up to Donald Trump and the newcomers who pitch themselves as reality-based and results-oriented.

I feel terrible thinking this, much less writing it. I’ve covered many Republicans whom I admired. I spent months reporting on political negotiations and how deals get made in Congress. I believe policy debates and compromises are healthy, and the Democratic-led Congress has produced solid bipartisan results this year in gun safety, infrastructure, industrial policy and other areas.

Even so, the Republican Party is on a dark path and should not hold power anywhere until it comes back into the light. That’s especially true on Capitol Hill.

Congressional math is unforgiving. If there is just one more Republican than Democrat in the House or Senate, a power-obsessed party in thrall to election deniers and conspiracists will control committees, agendas, investigations and leadership positions.

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[Chainfire]

1. The last time I pulled the lever for a Republican was in 1974, it was a sheriff's race

where the incumbent Democrat was a red-neck hippie hater. I have not forgiven myself for that weakness yet.

[sanatanadharma]

2. I too would have voted against a red-neck hippie-hater, twice

I forgive you.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. The radicalized Republican party cannot appeal to voters so it seeks to eliminate voters.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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