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  1. One thing that's interesting to me is how liberals talk about policy in every term except for how much it actually helps the people who vote for it. @pjayevans/1325144218805829633
    1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
      So they'll talk endlessly about whether or not defunding the police is helping or hurting the Democratic party and never about if we ought to defund the police. Same goes with healthcare or immigration and sometimes even COVID
      1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
        Ideally, representatives exist to come up with policy that improves the lives of their constituents. But in practice, they want consitutents to fall in line behind policy that helps representatives maintain power.
        1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
          I don't think the data supports the assertion that the """far""" left is hurting down-ballot Democrats. But if they were, who cares? If my community needs to defund and abolish the police, why the fuck should we stop what we're doing because some moderate in the South said so?