• EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    And the GOP takes advantage of this to redraw district lines in neighborhoods which benefit them, resulting in all sorts of wacky and bizarre district maps that make no sense, and are clearly engineered to favor Republicans.

    The only way Republicans can win is by cheating, and they are very, very good at cheating and getting away with it.

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      You make it sound like they’re almost competent, like nobody knows what they’re doing. Everyone knows, and they still get away with it. No hiding whatsoever.

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        Just because Trump‘s brains are mashed potatoes, don’t assume the rest of the GOP are idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing, and they’ve been getting away with it for a very long time.

        Underestimating your enemy is how you lose to them.

        The difference between the DNC and the GOP politicians is not a matter of intelligence. It’s a matter of shameless corruption in the service of fascism vs those who fight in order to preserve even the hint of a stable, liberal democracy.