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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Here's why I'm challenging Rep. Ilhan Omar in the DFL primary - Antone Melton-Meaux [View all]JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)54. She has TWO primary challengers? Smart on her part.
The anti-Omar vote will be split, she'll waltz through the gap into her second term.
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Here's why I'm challenging Rep. Ilhan Omar in the DFL primary - Antone Melton-Meaux [View all]
question everything
Apr 2020
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I am not in her district but will donate to him. She is an embarrassment to Minnesota
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Apr 2020
#4
92% of her itemized contributions come from OUTSIDE Minnesota! What do they say about...
George II
Apr 2020
#6
Lol. Were you confused into thinking this "article" was an actual piece of journalism?
Tarc
Apr 2020
#16
She does her job just fine, just some DU centrists are a bit hypocritical about primary challenges
Tarc
Apr 2020
#15
Thank you, sir for expanding my education. My college philosophy class was a tad spotty.
TomSlick
Apr 2020
#84
Do also let us know, in your tome, when we can and can't reply to the obnoxious
Squinch
Apr 2020
#62
He's been doing it for as long as he's been here, which is a very long time.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#32
We Have Exchanged Words Before, Sir, And It Seemed The Exchanges Were Amicable
The Magistrate
Apr 2020
#43
AOC and others challenged long serving members, part of the leadership even
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Apr 2020
#18
Both Parties almost always have a history of a one or two firebrands in Congress at a time
Polybius
Apr 2020
#38
And in the 90s we had a Democratic president, yes - gasp - a Centrist
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Apr 2020
#68
I am a senior citizen but, really, a 78 year old President and a 70 year old V.P.?
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Apr 2020
#72
I will be giving him a serious look, along with her other primary challenger,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#26
I know, right? She just HAS to be a Muslim and a Somali-American. I don't know why she does this.
ck4829
Apr 2020
#50
The flip side has been that many voted for her because of these identities
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Apr 2020
#71
I'm not in her district, but I feel the same disappointment. "The Squad" quickly succumbed to...
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2020
#88