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In reply to the discussion: Conor Lamb won his race [View all]Spazito
(56,486 posts)"Some of this is criminal. Its malpractice. Conor Lamb spent $2,000 on Facebook the week before the election. I dont think anybody who is not on the internet in a real way in the Year of our Lord 2020 and loses an election can blame anyone else when youre not even really on the internet."
And Ive looked through a lot of these campaigns that lost, and the fact of the matter is if youre not spending $200,000 on Facebook with fund-raising, persuasion, volunteer recruitment, get-out-the-vote the week before the election, you are not firing on all cylinders. And not a single one of these campaigns were firing on all cylinders.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Bidens Win, House Losses, and Whats Next for the Left
The congresswoman said Joe Bidens relationship with progressives would hinge on his actions. And she dismissed criticism from House moderates, calling some candidates who lost their races sitting ducks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/aoc-biden-progressives.html
The whole article is an interesting read.