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manhattan123

(302 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:24 PM Jun 2020

NY-15 Ruben Diaz looks to be losing

So far, good news from NY-15, Ruben Diaz, an anti-gay, anti-choice reverend who has said he may vote for Trump, is coming in a distant third in the Dem primary. At one point, with good name recognition, he was seen as a front runner. (His son, Ruben Diaz Jz., is the widely popular Bronx Borough President, and is a mainstream Democrat.) Hope this holds.

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NY-15 Ruben Diaz looks to be losing (Original Post) manhattan123 Jun 2020 OP

god I hope so.. he's sounds way Beyond Cha Jun 2020 #1

The religion probably leads to his views manhattan123 Jun 2020 #2

He calls himself a Dem because he is in a Blue district. It is an opportunistic label. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #3

Cha

(297,196 posts)

1. god I hope so.. he's sounds way Beyond

Reply to manhattan123 (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:26 PM

Jun 2020

Stupid. Why the hell is he calling himself a "Dem"?

manhattan123

(302 posts)

2. The religion probably leads to his views

Reply to Cha (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:31 PM

Jun 2020

And that House district is considered the bluest in America, believe it or not. It gave Hillary the highest vote total in America (93.7 percent.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/nyregion/ruben-diaz-bronx-congress.html?searchResultPosition=1

Midnight Writer

(21,753 posts)

3. He calls himself a Dem because he is in a Blue district. It is an opportunistic label.

Reply to Cha (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:17 AM

Jun 2020

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