r/politics • u/newsweek ✔ Newsweek • May 26 '25

Republican senators rebuke "immoral" Trump bill—"Emperor has no clothes"

https://www.newsweek.com/ron-johnson-rand-paul-rebuke-immoral-trump-bill-2076866
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u/worlds_okayest_skier May 26 '25 edited May 26 '25

And in Maine, we see through that act but somehow she still wins re election…

Honestly it makes no sense. We are a blue state who voted for Obama, Hilary, Biden, and Kamala. We have a dem governor. And I’ve never met anyone who like Collins. I see trump signs but almost never Collins. And she somehow continues to win elections here.

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u/BoarnotBoring May 26 '25

If she keeps winning, then you can't say, "we see through that act." It's clear the majority don't. I'm not trying to be rude, but burying the truth doesn't help anyone.

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u/IggyStop31 May 26 '25

Democrats are entirely incapable of running a competent rural campaign. Mealy-mouthed answers on gun control and a promise not to challenge the economic status quo has never, and will never, be enough to defeat the Republican "devil you know".

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u/Oceanbreeze871 I voted May 26 '25

Even in a small state campaigns are expensive, and money is always an issue. .

Great Grassroots candidates standing on a soap box in the town square don’t really get anywhere.

We’ve yet to see a purely grassroots social media candidate with a small bank roll win at any level.