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Kali

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6. I get your question (and share it to some extent) but I also see some merit to the fact that

Reply to heaven05 (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 24, 2018, 02:23 PM

Jun 2018

an African refugee won and election in freaking Montana of all places partially/possibly due to the fact that no parties were involved. (Now people in the west can surprise you sometimes so this would have been even more unusual if he was Muslim too!) But there is some evidence that people in this country often put party above other considerations and it may be contributing to the divisions that creatures like drumpf seem to easily exploit.

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could not find heaven05 Jun 2018 #1

I think that's his point. Kali Jun 2018 #2

and your point heaven05 Jun 2018 #5

I get your question (and share it to some extent) but I also see some merit to the fact that Kali Jun 2018 #6

no argument from me heaven05 Jun 2018 #7

There were no political parties, the mayor explains this in the interview. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #3

I know, he did explain heaven05 Jun 2018 #4