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Mariana

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16. I hope President Biden will order the IRS to vigorously enforce the Johnson Amendment.

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Fri Nov 27, 2020, 11:24 PM

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Thousands of churches are preaching that loyalty to Trump and Republicans are essentially a tenet of their Christian faith. Christian radio and television ministries are also doing it. Their tax exempt status has to be revoked.

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Biden's win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S. [View all] question everything Nov 2020 OP

The DNC has much work to do the next two years. calguy Nov 2020 #1

Agreed absolutely-- Biden won, but we didn't do so good with Congress, and that must be fixed. TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #2

The truth is that many voted for Biden- R's and I's - to get rid of Trump question everything Nov 2020 #9

Survival of the country is going to depend on ALL of the country united and working together. RKP5637 Nov 2020 #3

Demographic change and rural depopulation is on the side of Democrats. roamer65 Nov 2020 #4

Population shift helped Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #6

Yes!!! Definitely, the Electoral College needs to be dumped. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2020 #14

This will never change while right-wing hate radio dominates the airwaves in rural America. Mister Ed Nov 2020 #5

I agree it is going to be tough kansasobama Nov 2020 #7

Senator Tester in MT, Klobuchar in MN, former MT governor Bullock question everything Nov 2020 #8

Bullock just lost dsc Nov 2020 #13

There may be a population shift back to rural areas. murielm99 Nov 2020 #43

Yes, the ability of technology treestar Nov 2020 #54

"I hope liberal Democrats go to rural areas to see what the issue is" It doesn't take a genius to doc03 Nov 2020 #17

Well in Florida the ONLY people who were trying to make any in roads to the rural areas were Zipgun Nov 2020 #37

We really need to figure out how to work with one another. dustyscamp Nov 2020 #44

Interestingly, Trump got more votes in the urban counties of MI then he did in the rural counties Kaleva Nov 2020 #10

I do believe a big part of the issue is huge anti gun and firearm stigma Dems have in the hinterland fearnobush Nov 2020 #11

Yup. Straw Man Nov 2020 #15

Keith Olbermann about poor/rural red states Muriel Nov 2020 #12

I hope President Biden will order the IRS to vigorously enforce the Johnson Amendment. Mariana Nov 2020 #16

The rural areas hate all Democrats and liberals NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #18

Sorry, but I've had it up to here with hearing how we need to coddle the whiners in rural areas. As catbyte Nov 2020 #19

I agree wholeheartedly catbyte! Heartstrings Nov 2020 #21

Seems like there's a concerted effort to move Sewa Nov 2020 #35

I'm with you. As long as 24/7 hate radio and winger TV is spewing... brush Nov 2020 #45

The problem reaching rural americans is largely due to the fact that alot of the radio stations are cstanleytech Nov 2020 #20

If we ever get rid the conservatives ability to control these radio stations dustyscamp Nov 2020 #22

They listen to right wing radio on purpose... Jon King Nov 2020 #25

They listen to it because the right controls most of the stations. If we instituted ownership cstanleytech Nov 2020 #42

Then you lose progressives and the young and the suburbs.... Jon King Nov 2020 #23

What needs to be understood here is that many of the states with large rural populations patphil Nov 2020 #24

We have nothing to counter their message in rural areas TheFarseer Nov 2020 #26

I know I should care, but I'm just so fucking tired PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #27

Major truth is... pazzyanne Nov 2020 #34

Well, AOC is on record as saying we need to do some 'deep canvassing' PatrickforO Nov 2020 #28

Steyer, Bloomberg, and other Dem money guys need to fund Dem networks Tom Rivers Nov 2020 #49

I can no longer SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #29

What do we offer them? BasicallyComplicated Nov 2020 #30

Entertainment. Most of them are colossally BORED. Laelth Nov 2020 #55

I dont disagree... BasicallyComplicated Nov 2020 #56

time will tell.. myohmy2 Nov 2020 #31

I live in rural America and it is pretty red here. pazzyanne Nov 2020 #32

Product name and image changes in 2020 hurt us a lot Polybius Nov 2020 #33

Don't blame the Dems. Blame late stage capitalism. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #36

Simple- Abortion. James48 Nov 2020 #38

I actually seen Republicans suggest they soften their stance on abortion JonLP24 Nov 2020 #48

Thought there was a four paragraph rule on snips greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #39

There Is A Reason DallasNE Nov 2020 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author DallasNE Nov 2020 #41

How much loss MFM008 Nov 2020 #46

The key to winning 2024 is in rural America. Initech Nov 2020 #47

Evangelicals are a lost cause Tom Rivers Nov 2020 #50

I respectfully disagree. I grew up evangelical. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #52

I live in a rural county just south of San Antonio. chriscan64 Nov 2020 #51

It's less of a problem at that level treestar Nov 2020 #53