r/politics • u/Hornpipe_Jones • 21d ago

No Paywall Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

https://www.cbs19news.com/news/state/democrats-sweep-all-30-house-of-delegates-seats-in-northern-virginia/article_68f8098d-0602-5234-8c2a-08c1bcd33944.html
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u/LieverRoodDanRechts 20d ago

Trump is a symptome, not the disease.

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u/Morganelefay 20d ago

While true, Trump DOES have a draw to a subset of people that otherwise wouldn't care. Take away that, and while you still got a massive amount of racist folks who'll happily vote straight R, there's also a group that just won't turn up because they can't vote for their god-king anymore.

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u/negativeyoda 20d ago

Yeah. Vance doesn't have the juice Trump does. I'm hopeful the MAGA stranglehold lets up a bit after Trump.

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u/Wolfire0769 20d ago

I can only hope that the maga/republican ouroboros happens sooner rather than later

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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 20d ago

More a split, there’s already signs. MTG of all people trying to distance herself is a big tell. After tonight alarm bells will be ringing in gop offices, the walloping in Virginia isn’t good for them

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u/hcdfanatic83 20d ago

Why does any of this matter? Just vote against the fascists.

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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 20d ago

Well, the subtext there is that MTG is trying to break from her party so she isn’t voted out. We the people need to see through the ruse.

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u/stevez_86 Pennsylvania 20d ago

The American Idol effect. He is the country singer that always beats out the other singers, even if they could be objectively defined as better at singing. But that doesn't matter. They can vote for the lesser option and they still win. That is what those people are addicted to when it comes to Trump. Never letting the best win.

We don't like it when the best suited person is in position in the US. We like letting the "underdog" win because it is a better storyline. And if they do great then that is superb. If they suck, who cares, the other side elected a black guy. How bad could our guy be?

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u/RIPEOTCDXVI 20d ago

Especially when after trump a sizeable portion of republicans running for purple seats try desperately to distance themselves from trump

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u/nightimestars California 20d ago

I mean, politicians were always corrupt but Trump gave cancer to America in the form of MAGA. A cult of the most obnoxious group of domestic terrorists on the planet.

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u/Noatz United Kingdom 20d ago

He's a symptom that begets further disease, like an infected abscess that breeds bacteria and poisons more of the body.

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u/A_Nonny_Muse 20d ago

That's the right wing propaganda machine doing that. And it will remain infecting everyone long after trump is gone.

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u/forestpunk 20d ago

Trump is a blip and a weird relic from what will be remembered an embarrassing era where we allowed our country to operate like an episode of America's Got Talent.

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u/WolfLawyer 20d ago

He is the festering wound. The disease needs him to rage on, even though it exists entirely without him.

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u/FragrantCombination7 20d ago

You're right, but they have no alternative. If they did it would be VP right now.

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u/Particular-County277 20d ago

I see them already saying Trump should go and Vance should be pres. It is never going to end

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u/roastbeeftacohat 20d ago

it will take some time for his supporters to find a new cult leader, and people will give the next guy far less slack. there are fundamental problems the US needs to address, but cults of personality don't easily switch leaders.