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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The other side wants to, among other things:
- Eliminate virtually all regulations
- Have the bible supplant most laws
- Virtually eliminate all tax on the wealthy
- Crush workers rights
- Crush women's rights
- Crush minorities
- Subvert democracy
Maybe it's me, but asking for their input seems fairly pointless. What from those ideas is she gonna import into her own policies?
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Half the country is voting for them. People IMO are misguided as to who is trying to help them and why, but they have legitimate grievances with how government has negatively impacted their lives and the people in both parties are guilty of that. It's why an "outsider" like Trump has become popular. It's also why Bernie is popular. There IS common ground amongst hardcore Republicans and progressive democrats. I can listen to Matt Gaetz, knowing he's a scumbag, but also agreeing that omnibus bills are silly and legislation needs to be more targeted with issues separate from each other. Do I wish Florida sent someone else? Sure. But this guy is here, and I'm not going to disagree with him about absolutely everything just based on party lines. If he says something I agree with, it's worth saying publicly that these people agree with each other on certain things. I can hear John Bolton discuss his warmongering and think it's not the right solution, but that doesn't mean Bolton doesn't have strong insight about the problems and his solution, while extreme, is extreme for a reason and it's worth listening to why.
I'd probably have someone like that in my cabinet just to know that having them disagree with me probably means I'm on the right path.