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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's a shame.  His dying constituents are stuck with him a bit longer I guess.  [/quote]

What do you think the implications of his role in this debacle are for his re-election?[/quote]

Considering his district, the implications should be horrible. My mom has numerous family members who live in the counties he represents and there's a serious opioid problem in that area. That said, I suspect a lot of voters there won't care and will vote for him anyway along party lines. One of my cousins lives in Snyder County, lost a son to an overdose, and has recently posted support for Marino on FB. You cannot make this shit up.[/quote]
Honestly, do those people even read/watch MSM or liberal media?  Did the "conservative" media report on Marino's role in the whole pharma/opiod situation?  Or do they just think it's "fake news"?[/quote]

PP here. I have no idea what the conservative media reported. Marino has held his position in that district since 2010 and did very little to address what was happening. In terms of his constituents, if my family and our friends there are any indication (and they probably are, because that encompasses a lot of people), many are still very bitter about the steel mills and factories going out of business years ago and fully expected Trump would bring jobs back to the area, and Trump struck a nerve with those people while he was campaigning. Those towns used to have tons of manufacturing jobs but it's really depressed now and most people who could jump ship for better jobs did so 30+ years ago. It sounds crazy, but I honestly think many locals believe the opioid crisis there would just magically disappear if jobs were brought back. [/quote]

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