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Richie Bittner's avatar

Having read Matt Castelli's Moderate Platform, I see that his positions attempt to thread the needle in order to attract the votes of folks who in the past may have believed Rep. Stefanik was an actual moderate interested in doing what was needed in a conservative context. Unfortunately, Castelli's platform hits some of the same dog whistle issue that Elise has in the past so skillfully endeavored to hide. That his platform talks of secure elections is a nod to her that there is a problem, and instead of addressing it as a problem of access to the ballot, he reinforces her notion that there is a problem with undocumented people voting, which there is not. And as far a guns, he is vague, with the same provable inadequate solutions of background check and support of the second amendment. We need an assault weapons ban, the Uvalde shooter passed his background check. When will a politician support the "well regulated" phrase that is mentioned before the "make no law" part of the 2nd. amendment. So moderate today comes in at somewhere right of center, Bernie Sander and Dwight Eisenhower are on the same page, and now considered "radical left". We got work to do, I hope Castelli wins, but he is not showing any leadership with the "moderate " platform.

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Mary Enhorning's avatar

She represents the people who believe in the treasonous lie that our last election was not valid. She promotes negative thinking and helps divide us as a nation.

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