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Confining Themselves to Irrelevancy
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Confining Themselves to Irrelevancy

The progressive No Excuses PAC is on a snipe hunt for an AOC-like candidate in West Virginia.

Jonah Goldberg
Feb 3, 2021
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Hi,

Question: Do you think the Democrats would be happy if Joe Manchin switched parties and became a Republican?

Let me rephrase that: Do you think smart Democrats would be happy if he joined the GOP?

I think the obvious answer is of course not. Republicans would take over the Senate. Mitch McConnell would beco…

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