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redstatebluegirl

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3. The recall petitions are the latest way that the GOP in cities and states are trying to
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 01:38 PM
Sep 2020

invalidate the will of the people. We have one in our city, the female mayor and two female city council members were just faced with a successful recall petition. Now they have to go through a vote of the people. The got people to sign their petitions by singling out elderly people and scaring them with "defunding the police". The keep saying they are going to "take back their city from the progressive fringe". We will see how it goes once the petitions are validated, there are some questions about the validity of some of the signatures. It was funded by a big developer who did not get his way a few months ago.

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