Republican v Democrat in MoCo

[Anonymous]

There is a reason that democratic leaning Montgomery County voted for term limits for the County Council and that it is so close between Elrich and Blair. There are a lot of moderates and conservative Democrats in the county that are aligned with what you, OP, posted.

I would do research though to find out more about facts the issues and at what level can it be impacted. For example, I don’t believe they bus kids to achieve racial balance in Montgomery County. The schools are mostly segregated by income so affordable housing and the type of housing being built is what impacts the balance in the school plus where magnets/specialized programs are located. I would also be interested to hear how the candidate intended to tackle some of these issues you mentioned.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I've been a registered Democrat my whole life. But now I'm unsure if I should change that. I haven't been active in a long time with Democratic campaigns or events, but after the primaries I've decided I'd like to become more involved politically. I am a white female living in the edge of suburban Montgomery county. Nearly all of my neighbors(including my husband and kids) are Republican. I fought for same-sex marriage which I still strongly agree with and pro-choice as well. That's why I never changed my party. But in this day and age I'm not sure if being a democrat is for me. I completely believe in women's rights, I am religious(Christian), I think we should try to prevent illegal immigration, and I think diversity is good but we don't need to continue forcing it. Can't republicans be pro-gay marriage and pro-choice? I am liberal economically but a little more conservative socially. I don't like Trump. But in my local races democratic candidates don't excite me. In my neighborhood, a Republican candidate came and I agreed with what he said, that neighborhoods shouldn't be sent far away to a different school to balance out demographics, the county control of liquor needs to end, we need more businesses and create policies to attract businesses and help them instead of hurt them, more needs to be done to stop gang members from being put in our schools, and create more jobs in the private sector. Maybe I don't agree with the Republican national party but I prefer local republicans over democratic ones. Should I switch parties? Plus, the future of democrats is most likely just going to get more left and I am already unsure with how it is now. What do you think?

Some of your statements make no sense. Everyone wants to prevent illegal immigration.Only the GOP believe ripping babies from their mothers breast and using them as political chips is acceptable. The current GOP is militant anti-women, both in terms of control of their own bodies and in the workplace. And what is forced diversity?

I don't see a future for the national GOP. It is clear something funky went on with dark money, the NRA and Russia. The whole leadership has lost its mind in terms of doing its job in Congress as a check on the Executive Branch. But hey, you do you.

Sure, "everyone wants to prevent illegal immigration", they just don't want to deport any illegal immigrants who live in the country (including convicted criminals), don't want to use E-Verify to prevent wage suppression and exploitation of immigrants, don't want to put physical barriers at the border to slow or prevent illegal entry, want to allow anyone who walks in with a child to be released into the interior without detention, want to allow anyone who says they are afraid of their native country into the interior regardless of how many safe countries the person passed through on their way, eliminate the agency tasked with immigration enforcement, etc.. Forgive us if we are just a tiny bit skeptical of the Democratic plan to "reduce illegal immigration".

[Anonymous]

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Sure, "everyone wants to prevent illegal immigration", they just don't want to deport any illegal immigrants who live in the country (including convicted criminals), don't want to use E-Verify to prevent wage suppression and exploitation of immigrants, don't want to put physical barriers at the border to slow or prevent illegal entry, want to allow anyone who walks in with a child to be released into the interior without detention, want to allow anyone who says they are afraid of their native country into the interior regardless of how many safe countries the person passed through on their way, eliminate the agency tasked with immigration enforcement, etc.. Forgive us if we are just a tiny bit skeptical of the Democratic plan to "reduce illegal immigration".

Could you please name two Democratic elected officials or nominated candidates who want to deport nobody at all under any circumstances, get rid of E-Verify, get rid of borders, release all parents without any follow-ups, grant asylum to everybody, and eliminate ICE?

I mean, your talking points sound great, but they don't describe reality. Yes, there are people who support all of these things who are members of the Democratic Party, but then there is also at least one Republican nominated candidate who is an actual Nazi -- and you wouldn't approve if I said, "All Republicans are actual Nazis!", would you?