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Vinca

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2. The problem isn't the policies, it's the failure of Democrats to talk about them. Look at the
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:34 AM
Apr 2025

infrastructure projects, for example. You're more likely to find a Republican who voted against the bill posing in front of it than a Democrat. Sometimes you have to really, really search to learn what Democratic policies are and lots of people are too lazy to do it. They've got cat videos to watch. We need people like AOC and Maxwell Frost to beat them over the head with the good things that come about when Democrats are in office. Everything from Social Security and Medicare to Obamacare, aid for the poor, etc. They have to also let people know what the GOP is taking away: Medicaid, food assistance, student loan forgiveness, heating assistance, Head Start and on and on and on.

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