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newdayneeded

(1,939 posts)
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 10:25 AM Aug 2022

Mandela Barnes

The ads against him are brutal. I wish he would've thought about statements he made.

All democrats need to stop any statements about defunding police or ice. No more statements ever about immigrants and free anything. These are losing positions that independents and frankly most democrats don't agree with.

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Walleye

(30,720 posts)
1. I don't know. He could've said love and respect your mother and they would've
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 10:27 AM
Aug 2022

Twisted that into something bad. We just need to attack them as strong as they attack us. We can’t expect them to actually discuss our policies and be honest or fair. There’s no way to keep them from twisting what Democrats say. Although I agree candidate should be more careful and not give ammunition to the other side. Such as Bernie Sanders saying inflation reduction act won’t reduce inflation.

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
3. I agree with those positions. He seems to be polling well too.
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 10:38 AM
Aug 2022

Maybe the people of Wisconsin AREN'T sociopaths who adopt Johnson's "Screw you, I've got mine" ideology?

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
5. He certainly does. It sounds to me like Johnson is trying to evoke an emotional response
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 10:42 AM
Aug 2022

Because he certainly can't run on his things of substance that he has done while in the Senate.

TheRealNorth

(9,435 posts)
7. Just gonna have to deal with it...
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 10:46 AM
Aug 2022

Because right-wing dark money groups have billions of dollars to run those ads against Democratic candidates without limits, so long as they don't say, "Vote for X".

Omnipresent

(5,620 posts)
6. I would think the voters of Wisconsin..
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 10:42 AM
Aug 2022

Need to know all of the important pocket book bills that Senator Ron Johnson has voted against.

They also don’t need him to confirm anymore ultra conservative supreme court justices either.

Ron Johnson is too conservative for Wisconsin!

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