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Nevilledog

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Sun Apr 24, 2022, 08:38 PM Apr 2022

Democrats should embrace being woke and make 2022 about GOP's extremism [View all]



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“Some in the GOP are waging a coordinated effort to impose their radical, right-wing beliefs upon Americans. The Democrats should make the 2022 election a referendum on the GOP's extremism,” writes @DeanObeidallah

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Opinion: Democrats should embrace being woke and make 2022 about GOP's extremism | CNN
Some in the GOP are waging a coordinated effort to impose their radical, right-wing beliefs upon Americans, Dean Obeidallah writes. The Democrats should make the 2022 election a referendum on the...
4:38 PM · Apr 24, 2022


https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/24/opinions/democrats-gop-2022-election-obeidallah/index.html


(CNN)Some in today's Republican Party are trying to ban abortion, books they find objectionable, Black history from being taught fully, transgender teens from playing sports, and discussions of sexual orientation in schools, and now they're even going after Mickey Mouse.

Yet Democrats say they plan to make the 2022 election about "kitchen table issues." At this rate, Republicans may seek to ban kitchen tables -- or at least punish companies that make them if they espouse what the GOP calls wokeness.

The incumbent President's party traditionally loses congressional seats in the midterm elections. But 2022 is unique. Some in the GOP are waging a coordinated effort to impose their radical, right-wing beliefs upon Americans. The Democrats should make the 2022 election a referendum on the GOP's extremism.

On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law to punish Disney for daring to speak out in opposition to the GOP's recently enacted anti-LGBT legislation that critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law. DeSantis has taken a page from the playbook of people such as Russian President Vladimir Putin by using state action to punish corporations that dare defy him.

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