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In reply to the discussion: BOOM!! Inadequate Dem Brand is what hurt *NOT* Defund Police!! 2nd Dem 2020 Report to say so. [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(174,482 posts)I have posted exit polling on this and other threads that the OP has misread or told falsehoods about. The exit polling is clear that the idiotic "defund the police" slogan hurt down ballot Democratic candidates and the OP has attempted to misread this material and even tell falsehoods about such material
The OP is heavily invested in defending the "defund the police" slogan including attacking all real Democratic candidates who had the courage to run in 2002 and who lost due to this slogan. According to the OP, these candidates are bad Democrats and deserved to lose. It is clear to me that the OP has never worked in an actual campaign and does not realize how campaigns work in the real world. I have friends who ran for both a congressional seat and two state house seats who lost in 2020 when the GOP was able to use "defend the police" slogan very effectively. These ads featured members of the squad who were making very broad statements that were easy to use in attack ds.
Real Democratic candidate who lost in 2020 are not mad democrats who deserved to lose. The claims being made by the OP as to these candidates are simply wrong and offensive