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That Jon Ossoff got so many votes in Georgia is damning for Trump
Jon Ossoff never should have been able to come within spitting distance of a win in such a deeply red district. That he could shows how unpopular Trump is
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What matters isnt what Georgias 6th means as a bellwether for 2018. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Not long after Georgias special election had been called for Karen Handel, Paul Ryans spokeswoman was already out boasting about what it meant for Trumpcare. Remember when they told us wed be punished in the special elexs for following through on our promise to #RepealAndReplace #obamacare? she tweeted. Such brags are entirely expected, and entirely wrongheaded. That the Republican candidate in question barely squeaked out a win just seven months after the districts former Republican incumbent Tom Price was reelected with a resoundingly majority, doesnt seem to register with her. Neither does the fact that Trump won the district in November, however narrowly.
That Democrats were able to muster so much political willpower in a district thats consistently sent Republicans to Congress since 1979 (yes, you read that right) is a testament not to the palatability of the Republicans health care agenda which is opposed, remarkably, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia but to just how displeased voters have been with President Trumps first five months.
Handels Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff, lost Tuesday. But he never should have been able to come within spitting distance of a win in such a deeply red district, and we didnt need Tuesday nights election to tell us that. Its been apparent for as long as the candidates have been polling neck-and-neck in a place where a Democrat has no business doing anything but losing handily.
What matters isnt what Georgias 6th means as a bellwether for 2018, as so many reductive analyses would have you believe. It isnt representative of the country and there are dozens of House districts that would be easier for Democrats to win. What matters is how Congressional Republicans will twist the results and use them to justify support for Trumps American Health Care Act, a version of which is rapidly and secretly advancing through the Senate and if passed, would strip millions of Americans of insurance without ever giving them a chance to weigh in.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/21/jon-ossoff-georgia-votes-donald-trump
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(42,862 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)and beat Putin and his reformed, but not really, KGB.
It is important to remember that a vote for the GOP is a vote for Russian control of our government and economy, a vote for the DNC , anybody in the DNC, is NOT a vote for Putin
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