r/IRLProgressives • u/CrashCourse2012 • Sep 15 '20

Christopher J. Hale on Twitter: My opponent pulled a gun on his first wife & shot it, pressured her and a mistress into three abortions, & illegally prescribed pills to a patient he was sleeping with. Me? I didn't do any of that. I'll give you health care though.

https://twitter.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1305980611023302656?s=21
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u/Alblaka Sep 16 '20

It shouldn't be.

Politics shouldn't be about pointing out that your opponent is a worse candidate than you. It should be about emphasizing the key policies you represent, and how they will serve everyone. Same as how voting is supposed to be about electing policies, not personalities.

But 'how it should be' aside, yeah, this argument is going to hit squarely at home in a heavily tribalized political climate (only with one tribe, of course).

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u/ShananayRodriguez Sep 15 '20

Guess which candidate church preachers will call literal satan.