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Are Democrats brave enough to run a woman against Donald Trump?
Vox ^ | June 16, 2018 | Laura McGann

Posted on 06/17/2018 9:06:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Democrats agree that Donald Trump’s history of bragging about groping and assaulting women is unacceptable, but they don’t agree about how to deal with it in 2020.

The tension has spilled into the open in the ongoing debate about Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s role in galvanizing Senate Democrats to call for Sen. Al Franken to step down over misconduct. Even white college-educated women, Hillary Clinton’s biggest supporters, are divided.

“We loved him,” Marsha Pearcy, 58, said sadly to Gillibrand at a private event for professional women in Washington on Tuesday night. Pearcy barely finished saying Franken’s name when quiet murmurs and palpable tension spread across the room of dozens of mostly white and mostly 20- and 30-something women.

At its core, the Franken controversy is about how Democrats believe their party should respond to #MeToo as they prepare to take on Trump in 2020. One faction wants to battle Trump on his turf, even if it means giving one of their own a pass on sexual misconduct. Trump doesn’t apologize for even worse. Why should Democrats? Ideals be damned. There’s too much at stake.

Another faction believes Democrats must do better — that they need to stand with women and clean house no matter who the offender is, even a popular liberal senator. These liberals think the future of the party is rooted in the women-led resistance and the energy that’s driven a record number of women to run for Democratic office this year....

(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020demprimary; democrats; demsuicide; election; franken; gillibrand; kamala; metoo; trump
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When you start with a false premise, you can write almost anything. Just run Hillary again! Problem solved. You're welcome.
1 posted on 06/17/2018 9:06:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Are Democrats brave enough to run a woman against Donald Trump?

How'd that work out last time?

2 posted on 06/17/2018 9:09:25 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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The gender-deranged think that sane people vote identity politics, when they actually vote issues.


3 posted on 06/17/2018 9:09:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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Their only hope is a Maxine Waters & Sheila Jackson Lee ticket.


4 posted on 06/17/2018 9:10:12 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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The would be nuts to run anyone but a minority, and they would probably do better with a male minority. I don’t thing male minority voters turnout for a woman like they would for a man.

Freegards


5 posted on 06/17/2018 9:11:23 AM PDT by Ransomed
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Are Democrats brave enough to run a woman against Donald Trump?

After all, it worked so well last time.

6 posted on 06/17/2018 9:12:06 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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Who? Elizabeth Warren? Kamala Harris? Yes please! Run one of them. Or both.


7 posted on 06/17/2018 9:12:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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The would be nuts to run anyone but a minority, and they would probably do better with a male minority.

There's always the Wiener - Holder ticket!


8 posted on 06/17/2018 9:14:28 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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The gender-deranged think that sane people vote identity politics, when they actually vote issues.

"Never interrupt when your enemy is committing suicide."

- Napoleon


9 posted on 06/17/2018 9:14:53 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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It will be Harris.


10 posted on 06/17/2018 9:15:39 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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They need to run Rue Paul. Covers all the bases.


11 posted on 06/17/2018 9:16:33 AM PDT by Eddie01
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Obama came out of nowhere. The difference between the minority turnout between Obama and Clinton would have won the 2016 election for Clinton. They would be nuts not to try to get the minority turn out up again for 2020.

Freegards


12 posted on 06/17/2018 9:17:10 AM PDT by Ransomed
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Hillary is still alive, run her ass.


13 posted on 06/17/2018 9:17:48 AM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I know I stopped reading right there.


14 posted on 06/17/2018 9:18:47 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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the fact that whether or not their candidate is a woman is one of their big concerns, shows that they are not serious about actual issues.


15 posted on 06/17/2018 9:18:56 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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gillibrand will get destroyed in a general election...she was cuomo’s right hand man during the housing collapse and while she was pushing horrible FNMA mortgages which helped fuel the collapse her husband was betting against those mortgages and made a killing...


16 posted on 06/17/2018 9:19:28 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Worked out AWE$OME for us. ;-)


17 posted on 06/17/2018 9:22:06 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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“he would be nuts to run anyone but a minority, and they would probably do better with a male minority. “

Nope, rightly or wrongly, Obama has left too many people with the impression that a minority will mander to them in the election, then go all in for racial identity when they are IN office.

The dems would be far better to run a decent successful white guy who is very slightly left of center. And not a mangina like Tim Kaine.


18 posted on 06/17/2018 9:22:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Well everyone knows that the most important characteristic in any given leader is genitalia type.

So that rules out a “Michelle” Obama candidacy.


19 posted on 06/17/2018 9:23:59 AM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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Ryan & Warren

A socialist-lite leftist and a crazy, insane marxist....and both support the destruction of our sovereign borders.


20 posted on 06/17/2018 9:25:04 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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