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Elisabeth Iler's avatar

Biden is certainly the better man. I am very heartened by what the Biden administration is accomplishing in spite of the fascist blockers found everywhere. Let's cheer him on to a second term and keep working to oust Magas from our political life.

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I live in a swing township in Montgomery County in Pennsylvania. Presidential campaigns always locate an office here every four years. So we’re a bellwether. What’s happened here is all the old guard politicos left the local Republican Party. They were replaced by MAGA people so new to politics that they were asking me, a Democrat, about election mechanics when we were both at the polling location, because I was the only one with institutional knowledge. Lately these new MAGA folks are finding their footing. They managed to elect a J6 insurrectionist as our State Senator, because she hid her background during her campaign to look like a normal person. I door-knocked hundreds of Independents to warn them of her duplicity, but all I accomplished was to depress voter turnout among Independents. I confused them, so they stayed home. The Republican won that race. Recently the MAGA folks got even more organized when Democratic township Commissioners voted for an affordable housing project. You would think we were bringing in drugs and crime just because rents for 60 families will be 30% of a person’s income. It was crazy, but effective at organizing the MAGA folks to become more cohesive as a unit - not just atomized consumers of right wing media. MAGA as a political movement is gaining organizing skills and momentum. Polls aren’t designed to capture this shift. MAGA as a movement is here to stay. If you read this column, PLEASE GET INVOLVED at the local level and don’t just be a keyboard warrior or give money. We need every person - your commitment of time and enthusiasm, not just every 4 years, but every election.

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