Fox News caption: BY WINNING, DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY LOSING

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    Don’t believe your eyes, don’t listen to your ears, believe the party above all else

    All hail the Cheeto! All hail the Cheeto! All hail the Cheeto!

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    Leftists and liberals: looks at world - this needs to be better, let’s improve it.

    Right and conservatives: looks at leftists and liberals - I don’t care how or why, but we need to make everybody suffer.

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    I mean, they’re only winning in shitholes like New York City and the state of Virginia.

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    They’re losing because they’re going to get tired of all the winning. Which is why the Republicans losing is actually winning. They’re no longer tired of winning. So they can win again.

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    She’s full of crap with her argument about people leaving blue states, but I do have a lingering fear people will burn out before 2026 when it matters a little more. Wins better give us momentum and not complacency.

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        I still can’t believe people lived through the first Trump presidency and decided they wanted another.

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          If you live in America, you know that guy who says shit like, “I’m not racist, but…”, then the guy who thinks women are inferior, then the guy who is all out racist, then the Christian guy who’s told America’s Religion is at stake, then the guy who owns stocks and sees Republicans as his route to eternal wealth, and then ratio that into each American’s collective of acquaintances. Then of all the other people left, only 40% of them bother to vote. Harris could have won probably if more registered Dems bothered to vote. But we all look at the bigots and groupthink takes over, as no way those assholes could win anything.

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          People are very stupid like that. There’s almost always a midterms pendulum swing in the opposite direction of the ruling party in this country. It’s damn near impossible for people’s opinions to more permanently shift on political parties. I think the last time this happened was with the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That pretty much cemented racist’s support for the Republican party in this country ever since.

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      Her argument is that more people will move to red states as a result. I hate to break it to her, but increased population density is almost guaranteed to make states turn blue.

      So by winning, Democrats are actually losing, making red states turn blue, so Democrats are winning. Suck it, commies!

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        Moving from blue to red again was a shock, I sure miss the quality of public services. This place is falling apart unless you live in the richest suburbs.

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          Preach brother. Had no idea, just wanted to move. Now I’m counting the days to get out of here. More money, better public services, cleaner, and COL isn’t much of an argument at this point. Although it wasn’t a big deal anyway. Rent caught up quick and the only perk is a front yard and backyard I don’t use except to walk the dog. Aside from that, it’s clear how far a few more dollars for state taxes go. Good learning experience. Loved the people, but no thanks to climate. Political and physical.

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            I live in Bumfuck, WV. Quite possibly the stupidest state in the Union. Our elected representation perfectly encapsulates the constituents of the state. Moronic, incompetent, and completely unwilling to incite change for a more prosperous future.

            I fucking hate it here. I can’t wait to be able to move.

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        10 hours ago

        Isn’t it conservatives that are leaving blue states? I know urban centers tend to be more left leaning but I don’t think those people will quickly change their views just from moving. Maybe their kids?

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          Independent of left and right, a higher population density naturally results in increased support for public services, which the right has decided to firmly establish themselves as being against.

          Plus there’s the added benefit of prejudice and racism decreasing in a more diverse community. (at least on a personal level)

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          8 hours ago

          You get a lot of retirees who want to move South. Maybe they have family there, or maybe they just want nicer weather.

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            A number of states specifically structured their tax policies to be super friendly to retirees, so some ran the numbers and said “oh I can afford to sell my expensive house up north, move south and buy a better/similar house for less and pay less taxes as I withdraw my retirement money? Also I don’t have to deal with winters anymore?! Sign me up!” And since they don’t have to worry about job availability they can live basically anywhere that has the amenities they want and fits their budget, thus the American south became a gigantic retirement community

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            Columbia has one huge university and two good sized colleges. As far as Missouri goes, it’s probably the most liberal city. Take a drive for 10 minutes in any direction though and the atmosphere definitely changes.

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            I’ve been to Columbia before. Supremely bizarre drive from St Louis to the campus. With any luck that’ll be my first and only time in Missouri

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          She doesn’t specifically mention conservatives moving. Her argument seemed to be that everyone will flee the socialist hellscape.

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          also I’m pretty sure smaller stuff that’s not for the us president is not counted just purely per vote but more on winning districts so just having more conservatives collected in one area would only mean that a presumably an already very red area gets redder without doing anything more

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      Have socialist policies lifted people out of poverty in Venezuela?

      Perhaps if the US lifted its sanctions on Venezuela, maybe they’d find out.

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        Kind of the constant history of socialism. It’s almost the same as the arguement against being LGBT.

        See being LGBT is bad, I can prove it, look at the suicide rates of LGBT people?

        Isn’t that because you are bullying them?

        Yeah, but I wouldn’t bully them if they were straight, so that proves being LGBT is bad for your health!

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    I hope you libs are ready to get OWNED when we shine a spotlight on this young, energetic, ridiculously charismatic mayor proposing new solutions to the problems a big majority of americans are facing!

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    Well yeah, now they can immediately blame the coming economic collapse on those dirty libs because they’re the ones in control now!!!

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      It’s going to be really hard to recover from this shit. And most people will not understand that the tariff impacts that are just starting and still escalating and such will continue on unless we somehow get other countries to stop immediately… But why would they trust the U.S. after this. Why would someone in say Canada say, “sure I’ll buy a bottle of wine from the U.S. now”, or why would countries drop reactionary tariffs against the U.S. if they have set up new trade partners they may see as more reliable. Why hurt those new trade deals by believing the U.S. won’t try to fuck them over a few years down the line.

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        Buying stuff from the US? That’ll most likely return though at slightly reduced numbers because it doesn’t hurt to have multiple suppliers.

        Investing in US facilities? Depends: Distribution for consumption, sure, minimal risk so long as the economy is doing ok there’s a large consumer market to access.

        Manufacturing facilities? Much more risky and less likely to return.

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    These people genuinely have no clue how stupid they are. They make it obvious when they say dumbass shit like this.

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      You think they’re stupid and believe these things?! You’ve been suckered my friend.

      Democrats won big. The most popular news outlet in America has to say something. This is the spin they chose. Sounds ridiculous to us, but Fox News knows exactly what works on their viewers. That’s why they’re #1.