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LisaM

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6. I think Trump is over the line, but Ana Navarro is reaping what she helped sow.
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 02:14 PM
Sep 2018

She worked for Jeb Bush in 1998; the Bushes effectively stole the 2000 election, set a pattern for how to suppress the vote and steal elections, and then loaded the Supreme Court with people who voted for Citizens United and for dismantling the Voting Rights Act.

Sometimes I feel as if I'm howling in the wilderness. The 2000 election set the table for 2016. Everything that we thought was going to be bad then has proved to be true. And the very enablers from that time, the Ana Navarros of the world, suddenly act all surprised and guileless.

Back when Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris were busy knocking voters off the Florida rolls with Choice Point, back when the 2000 recount was stalled, back when an honorable man like Al Gore (who would have made thoughtful SCOTUS choices) was being mocked and raked over the coals by the Bushes and their surrogates - maybe that's when she should have started crying foul.

Do I think Trump is mischaracterizing her and crossing the line? YES. Do I think she brought some of this on herself (and the rest of us?) You bet.

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