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« on: June 05, 2017, 06:14:41 PM »

Kim Weaver withdraws her candidacy in Iowa's 4th District race for Congress

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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 06:15:36 PM »

I wonder if this will encourage people to send even more death threats to prospective Congresscritters
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2017, 06:16:53 PM »

Well that's not right.

I hope everything gets better for her
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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 06:17:50 PM »

This country is broken.
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2017, 06:20:39 PM »

Another day in Donald Trump's America.
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2017, 06:22:59 PM »


The culture war has become a literal war.
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2017, 06:29:57 PM »

Another day in Donald Trump's America.
Yeah, because threats against politicians never existed before Trump. -_-
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2017, 06:41:24 PM »

When's the last time a congressional candidate dropped out due to death threats?
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2017, 06:42:28 PM »

Wasn't going to beat Steve King anyways.
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2017, 07:40:34 PM »

She also blamed her own need for health insurance. And her mother's health needs. I'm sure she got death threats, too, but that's a lot of reasons.
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2017, 07:41:25 PM »

Another day in Donald Trump's America.
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« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2017, 08:03:19 PM »

Home invasion threats against Va D Lt. Gubernatorial candidate Susan Platt

http://bluevirginia.us/2017/05/va-dem-lt-gov-candidate-susan-platt-proposes-trump-protest-subject-vile-threats
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« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2017, 08:17:45 PM »

So....when is it going to get so bad between liberals and conservatives that it turns into another civil war?
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2017, 09:33:00 PM »

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positively orwellian.  

or dystopian.

many candidates receive intimidation, personal and familial, but cuts to a section of the state's budget as disincentive strikes me as being worthy of a court-ordered investigation, assuming that an independent judiciary branch still exists.  

I wonder if it isn't a fabrication.  The article doesn't mention any attempt to contact the supervisor, or any mention of the supervisor's name.  I hope it's a fabrication.  The alternative seems worse.
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« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2017, 09:37:50 PM »

Just as telling is she can't afford to take time off work because of the prospective ACHA passage.

This is....
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