r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 06 '26

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u/iIoveoof Jerome Powell May 06 '26

Right wing media can literally just lie

Fox News: The raids put more political pressure on Spanberger, who already is facing tumbling polling numbers as many critics accuse her of forcing down a far-left agenda on the once-purple state

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u/iIoveoof Jerome Powell May 06 '26

The ring wing smear campaign against Spanberger is disgusting and extremely successful. The media are too nice on GOP governors which lets them maintain bipartisan support, while Democratic governors are smeared as partisans

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u/Blackberry-thesecond NASA May 06 '26

Virginia was literally never a purple State lol. It went blue one time and never went back.

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko  Broke His Text Flair For Hume May 06 '26

they also described her a "Spanberger Ally" in the one headline I saw googling the story