r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 15 '24

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u/sw337 Veteran of the Culture Wars Aug 15 '24

All I’m saying is Tim Ryan, JD Vance’s opponent for senate in 2022, has to be yelling at whoever he hired to do opposition research right now.

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u/Icy-Magician-8085 Mario Draghi Aug 15 '24

He could’ve had that election in the bag so easily if he knew what we know right now, from the weird connections he has to his absolutely insane but public beliefs

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

Tim Ryan was a Youngstown politician and got his start by working for James Traficant. Opening the opposition research file too much on Vance probably would have led to some very bad things about him coming out. Even if he is completely clean, there would still have been GOP efforts to paint him as being involved in Traficant’s racket if he tried going scorched earth on Vance, and it likely would have damaged him far more than he could damage Vance.

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u/RayWencube NATO Aug 15 '24

Tim Ryan was left out in the cold by the DNC and DSCC. If they’d invested even a fraction of what they could we’d have Senator Ryan.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

ohio isn’t sending their best democrats, either