You Operate Politically in the South

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"You operate politically in the South. You learn how to operate in two different worlds," he says. "We're not concerned about who gets tomorrow man's headline, who gets the most hits." He adds: "We are concerned about whether or not we can move in a gender forward"

In kicking off the midterms, Joe Biden talked about American democracy as a shared value, enshrined in the country’s founding — a value that both Democrats and Republicans should join together in defending. But there is another possible view of this moment. One that is shared by two very different groups: the voters who propelled Biden to the presidency … and the conservative activists who are rejecting democracy altogether.

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