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95. I have heard from Roland Martin that her internal infrastructure was lacking.

Mon May 4, 2026, 01:23 PM

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Externally, she had tons of signs, blockwalkers etc.

Of course, you had the neighsayers about her being black, but I didn't see that as an issue. With Jasmine, what you see is what you get. Yeah, they could depict her as a welfare queen, voodoo, defund the police, white person hater etc, but those are old, transparent tropes. Voters are more likely to see through those.

Look what they did to John Kerry? He was a white, decorated veteran. What could go wrong?

With Talarico, everyone was saying his religion was an asset, but I knew the GOP would use it to "swiftboat" him and they did as soon as he won the primary, they branded him as a satanic cult member etc..."He's no Christian, he's pro-abortion" etc etc etc...

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