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169. first, you jumped in on another discussion

..why mention race at all? No one said a word about it and here you are giving this passionate defense of Duckworth.

She's just fine and dandy. It's this young woman she smeared as 'far left', and tried to define outside of whatever she believes the people of your state want, that needs and deserves support here.

Ocasio-Cortez didn't "try to strip Senator Duckworth of her identity, honor, dedication," as the poster who originally tried to derail this thread charged. That's what you signed on to here. Let's pretend the sitting senator is under attack, instead of this emerging candidate the subject of marginalization and scorn.

What exactly is it about Ocasio-Cortez's economic policies that is wrong for what Duckworth defines in her dismissal as the "Industrial Midwest?"

Or is this just about pushing off of this caricature of the 'far left,' like Duckworth did in her interview. Are there no liberals in your state?

There isn't a wit of harm done in this thread to Duckworth, outside of the ridiculous attempt to lace this inflammatory and provably false charge with Ocasio-Cortez's fine words. That's not my doing. It's a strawman, it's an unbelievable attack on this young candidate, and it's a reprehensible diversion (deliberate on the original responders part) to divert from this thread.

But, wade right in, why don't you.