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riversedge

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Thu Jul 18, 2019, 08:22 PM Jul 2019

DC Repugs 'call little-known Greater Cincinnati Dem a 'socialist loser.' Why that might be a losing


Name calling seems to be the In thing for Repugs to do in DC!. I do not know anything about her but thought this story was interesting


PX column: Washington Republicans call little-known Greater Cincinnati Democrat a 'socialist loser.' Why that might be a losing message


https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/columnists/politics-extra/2019/07/02/2020-election-republicans-call-cincinnati-democrat-socialist-loser/1632619001/



Jason Williams, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 8:00 p.m. ET July 2, 2019 | Updated 9:14 a.m. ET July 3, 2019



Republicans just called a female Air Force combat veteran a "socialist loser."

Yeesh, not a good look for the Trump Party. Democrat Nikki Foster is neither a socialist nor a loser, from what little we know about the Mason moderate after she launched her campaign in Ohio's 1st Congressional District on Monday.

I don't know too many socialists who are as pro-military as Foster, who recruits veterans for GE Aviation – a job she landed after she flew missions over Iraq and Afghanistan while on active duty. But that's beside the point.

The issue is GOP desperation. Are the Republicans already in such a state of panic about Congressman Steve Chabot's re-election bid that the party would stoop this low some 16 months away from the 2020 election?

They are.

Foster, 37, is a first-time congressional candidate but she has some things working in her favor that scare the Republicans.
Nikki Foster



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Nikki Foster (Photo: Provided/The Enquirer)

Military experience typically plays well with voters, a reason Foster's campaign promoted her time in the Air Force in the launch video. She has never held an elected office, and therefore has no voting record for Republicans to use against her. The 2020 climate is expected to be favorable for women candidates, who hope to appeal to suburban educated moms amid the Trump resistance..............................................
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Nikki Foster For Congress video. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2019 #1
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