'We Don't Want Someone from There Representing Us'

[DonViejo]

August 7, 2018 at 8:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Troy Balderson (R) appeared to denigrate Franklin County — home of Columbus, and many OH-12 voters, who are probably more likely to vote Democratic — in his final campaign stop of Monday night, saying the district doesn’t want a representative from there, NBC News reports.

“On the one hand, this certainly seems like a good way for Balderson to alienate potential voters in a densely-populated part of the district. But it also says something about conservatives’ strategy in the Trump era, as diverse cities and suburbs become more and more politically distant from Trump country.”

Link to tweet
" target="_blank">Ron Brownstein: “The party is now consciously trading suburbs for small towns: the country club for the country. It’s the famous Kinsley gaffe of saying what you really mean: we don’t consider those voters who we are anymore.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/08/07/we-dont-want-someone-from-there-representing-us/

[bearsfootball516]

1. Such a stupid comment.

But it came so late in the game that I'm not sure it'll make a difference. If it happened a week ago, sure. But the night before, might not be enough turnaround time for it to have an impact.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. When a candidate insults the Intelligence of a voter.....

The voter rejects that candidate. This is what the Republican Party has been doing in the Trump era. The educated outnumber the poorly educated. Trump loves the poorly educated because they are the easiest to rile up emotionally and con.