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I just got a text from @LaurenUnderwood& #39;s campaign. It was ALMOST the standard "can you give us some money" text, except it indicated that her opponent (who I swear has run in every election since I moved here) gave his campaign $2M of his own money.
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I just got a text from @LaurenUnderwood& #39;s campaign. It was ALMOST the standard "can you give us some money" text, except it indicated that her opponent (who I swear has run in every election since I moved here) gave his campaign $2M of his own money.
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I don& #39;t begrudge people financial success. If making an boatload of money was your goal and you did it, then good for you. But how do you run as a person who understands what& #39;s happening to average people? How do you brand a person from a regular family as out of touch?
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Additionally, his primary critique of @LaurenUnderwood is that she& #39;s never created a job. She& #39;s a nurse. They generally don& #39;t. MOST of us don& #39;t. If you& #39;re an employee, how do you vote for someone who views you as less than, simply because you& #39;re not the owner of a company?
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How is his voice worth ANY more to anyone because he decided to sell us all overpriced milk and cheese? I& #39;d argue that his perspective gets heard regardless of holding office. But the perspective of workers only really gets considered when one of us is elected.
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This is also a man who runs on his status as a good Christian while running ads that @Politifact fact checked as false, and continues to run them KNOWING that they& #39;ve been found to be misleading. https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201015/oberweis-campaign-stands-by-ad-targeting-underwood-despite-false-label
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And let& #39;s not kid ourselves. That ad is blatantly racist. It& #39;s designed to scare rural white people. My suburb had SEVERAL protests over the summer and they WERE beautiful. People came together to say we& #39;ve had enough of our Black people being treated this way.
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Oberweis feels entitled to a seat because he& #39;s a rich white man. Look at how many times he& #39;s run. Look at how many positions he& #39;s run for. This is a man whose ego needs to be fed. Sound familiar?
And just like Trump, he does not give a FIG about anyone in the #IL14.
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And just like Trump, he does not give a FIG about anyone in the #IL14.
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Still with me? You& #39;re awesome. So I& #39;m going to make a plea that you donate to @LaurenUnderwood. She has done SO MUCH as a freshman congresswoman. And she understands and cares about her constituents. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lufc_web_october2020?button
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