https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-punish-members-put-working-americans-ahead-party-loyalty

Democrats punish members who put working Americans ahead of party loyalty

Pew Research finds 60% of adults now identify as working class, making party leadership's response risky

"Think about the political message Democrats sent: Helping Maine lobstermen fight burdensome regulations and allowing Congress to vote on a resolution condemning socialism are now acts of political blasphemy inside the Democratic Party."

@bob806 said:

The two major parties are only interested in power, not us. That's why I won't vote D or R.

I'm with you in general about the Dems. They've totally shifted their platform, and left moderates behind.

Saying that, it doesn't mean I need to vote R. It's not like Ohio is thriving, the Rs have been in control here for what, 40 of the last 50 years.

I'm astounded you think they're the answer. They have shown they aren't.

I don't see that, Bob. The dems opened our borders to millions of illegals. Thousands of illegals, UNqualified to drive anything, are/were behind the wheels of semi trucks. And all the sick murders and rapes and other crimes.... and the dems pandered to them for future votes, and wanted to give them free healthcare at our expense, free everything, at OUR EXPENSE. The dems want to defund our police, defund our military, get rid of our Constitution, Senate, and want to put a big number of their activist, corrupt hack judges into our U.S. Supreme court. The dems did hurt our beef industry, and made war on coal and energy sources to force a dependence on....communist chinese batteries.

All this damage by the dems, and the reps and Pres Trump are working to FIX IT. Ya can't elect sherrod milktoast obedient to the left brown, etc, can't put our Congress in the hands of the dems, without stalemate, more and more illegals again, far more damage, and the serious risk of losing all our freedoms, our economy.

Truth is, the reps are the ONLY party that can fix it all, and the dems are the party who damaged our country badly, maybe permanently.

It is amazing that ANYONE wants to paint the dems and reps into the same despeicable mold. No, they are not the same, the dems are selling our entire country out, and the reps, albeit far from perfect, are our ONLY chance to save ourselves and our America.

Until there is a legitimate third party, dems and reps are the only two choices. Voting for "independents" just gives the dems another blindly obedient vote.

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furthermore - Pres Trump's first term was damaged by the dems controlling the house. FAke impeachments, fake investigations, fake prosecutions, blocking every single thing the reps tried to do, if they could.

The reps NEVER pulled that garbage.

Kissick is just a kissass to the left, and finding a way to vote for someone else not republican is just going to hurt our country, and like all dems - they will raise taxes out the wazoo to buy more votes from illegals and the poorer radical minority groups.

Pres Trump and the reps are getting MILLIONS of rapists and murderers, etc that obaMao commie and biden leftwing ignorat radical hacks let in, BACK OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.

I do honestly think that some unions' brass are getting paid off up on high from the left/dems to be totally dedicated to manipulate their members to go dems no matter what. Look at the teacher's union leader. whack job.

@jax said:

I like your thinking but you can also say, D, R or L. Why do you think voting 3rd party saves you from voting for the same power grab?

Simply because voting for a D or R endorses the BS their parties spew. Both parties are enjoying all the dark money coming in, but disguise and blame the other party for the problems these donations cause. Lobbyists are controlling Capitol Hill, it's pretty damn obvious.

Example: DJT reeled me in on "repeal & replace." Turns out he never had a plan and he blamed McCain. We're heading into his 7th year as President, it ( his "plan") never resurfaced. I can only imagine big pharma & the insurance industry told Republicans they'd withhold donation$ if the ACA was killed, what other explanation is there?

I agree with you on the Dems. They've lost their collective minds. It doesn't make the Republicans any more appealing in my mind. Rubio is the only one making any sense at the moment.

@bob806 said:

The two major parties are only interested in power, not us. That's why I won't vote D or R.

I'm with you in general about the Dems. They've totally shifted their platform, and left moderates behind.

Saying that, it doesn't mean I need to vote R. It's not like Ohio is thriving, the Rs have been in control here for what, 40 of the last 50 years.

I'm astounded you think they're the answer. They have shown they aren't.

It's the old Ross Perot effect, nothing changes.

No one thinks Rs are the answer, no one ever thought either was. Todays democrats will absolutely destroy this country though.

We have a great system in place if the rules and laws are followed, it's just no one is ever held accountable for breaking them.

There is no other system on Earth greater than what we have but "divided we fall".

Divided we have become.

@bob806 said:

The two major parties are only interested in power, not us. That's why I won't vote D or R.

I like your thinking but you can also say, D, R or L. Why do you think voting 3rd party saves you from voting for the same power grab?

@calfoxwc said:

not at all - the republicans are not dividing this country into near crisis - they have

never happily impeached a dem pres for no good reason outside of political hatred and corruption.

Forget your union, Bob, vote republican for the sake of our COUNTRY.

Then, when they win, EVERYONE wins, as compared to the dems who are so far left it's dangerous.

Kissick supports illegals, is ANTI-ice, etc etc.

The two major parties are only interested in power, not us. That's why I won't vote D or R.

I'm with you in general about the Dems. They've totally shifted their platform, and left moderates behind.

Saying that, it doesn't mean I need to vote R. It's not like Ohio is thriving, the Rs have been in control here for what, 40 of the last 50 years.

I'm astounded you think they're the answer. They have shown they aren't.

@bob806 said:

No research needed.

You must have missed what I wrote.

not at all - the republicans are not dividing this country into near crisis - they have

never happily impeached a dem pres for no good reason outside of political hatred and corruption.

Forget your union, Bob, vote republican for the sake of our COUNTRY.

Then, when they win, EVERYONE wins, as compared to the dems who are so far left it's dangerous.

Kissick supports illegals, is ANTI-ice, etc etc.

@calfoxwc said:

NOPE.

he's a meathead, you are old enough to research on your own - but I'm here to help!

(kissick is a closet radical democrat. He has .000000012 percent chance of winning.)

https://vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?State=OH&Id=OHKissickDonaldCharles

"dignity (in favor of the state constitutional amendment that protects the language for for gay marriage, government bureaucracy out of the marijuana industry, strongly oppose ICE)"

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further on:

"We're doing this already in a few ways:

1. We're building infrastructure in the anti authoritarianism arenas with alot of conversations with groups like No Kings, Anti Ice, Ohio 50501, ACLU, DUHR, and so many more. All in attempts to lessen the overreach of government in Ohio."

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he does support abolishing property tax, that is good. But Vivek does, too.

I thank kissick for his military service !

but he's a meathead as a politician, already lost elections.

you see his position on open borders ?

nope. Illegals?

Just another anti-republican, anti-Trump, anti anything the dems tell him to be.

nope.

he seems to be a leftie. Just say "NO" to wasting your vote.

Vivek Ramaswamy. Our next governor !

No research needed.

You must have missed what I wrote.

our next Ohio Govenor

https://www.facebook.com/reel/947063634311789

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1612562933867791

I'd rather play in my band -any song, rather than vote for a closet raise taxes, drive companies out of Ohio,

supporting illegals flooding our state, and BITCHING about our America and everything about it. that is kissick.

he won't let us be a sanctuary state, and won't

be a "democrat radical" bitch with a big fat mouth like kissick.

@bob806 said:

Nope.

Hell with the Ds & Rs Cal. You're old enough to know better.

Partisan BS is killing our nation, I'm voting Kissick.

NOPE.

he's a meathead, you are old enough to research on your own - but I'm here to help!

(kissick is a closet radical democrat. He has .000000012 percent chance of winning.)

https://vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?State=OH&Id=OHKissickDonaldCharles

"dignity (in favor of the state constitutional amendment that protects the language for for gay marriage, government bureaucracy out of the marijuana industry, strongly oppose ICE)"

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further on:

"We're doing this already in a few ways:

1. We're building infrastructure in the anti authoritarianism arenas with alot of conversations with groups like No Kings, Anti Ice, Ohio 50501, ACLU, DUHR, and so many more. All in attempts to lessen the overreach of government in Ohio."

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he does support abolishing property tax, that is good. But Vivek does, too.

I thank kissick for his military service !

but he's a meathead as a politician, already lost elections.

you see his position on open borders ?

nope. Illegals?

Just another anti-republican, anti-Trump, anti anything the dems tell him to be.

nope.

he seems to be a leftie. Just say "NO" to wasting your vote.

Vivek Ramaswamy. Our next governor !

Hell with the Ds & Rs Cal. You're old enough to know better.

Partisan BS is killing our nation, I'm voting Kissick.

She was at Stricker’s Grove near my neck of the woods on Friday, then around Cleveland by the end of the weekend.

This is a middle of the road article talking about how the mainstream candidates are trying to frame themselves and their opponent.

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