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LiberalArkie

(19,597 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:16 AM Yesterday

I was talking to a neighbor who is running for JP as a "R". I asked him about it as I thought he was always a "D" [View all]

He said than in Arkansas you have to run as a Republican and that doesn't mean that they like Trump...

That needs to change.. To me, we need to use "Republican" instead of "Trump" now. They are all complicit even down to local JP's.

They are all Guilty, maybe not ALL pedophiles, but are guilty of enabling it, accessories to it. Guilty

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I was talking to a neighbor who is running for JP as a "R". I asked him about it as I thought he was always a "D" [View all] LiberalArkie Yesterday OP

Absolute must. Magats are not adept at connecting the dots SheltieLover Yesterday #1

I disagree. They don't deserve to be called republicans anymore. CrispyQ Yesterday #2

Not when they say that Trump is just one person and he does not represent the party. The party has to be guilty also. LiberalArkie Yesterday #3

In NC there is a bit of an organized effort to have people run in GOP primaries for state house and senate dsc Yesterday #4

We don't need duplicitous candidates. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #5

"you have to run as a Republican" Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #6

well, pedophelia isn't a deal breaker... ret5hd Yesterday #7

I agree. We can't let them get away with dismissing it as "MAGA" or "the Tea Party." It is the GOP. Martin68 Yesterday #8

pardon my ignorance ClaudetteCC Yesterday #9

Justice of the Peace, a judge for misdemeanor offenses. surfered Yesterday #11

Thank you! ClaudetteCC Yesterday #12

And civil suits under a certain dollar amount surfered Yesterday #14

The same in our area. Former local elected officials switched from Democrats to Republican purely for electability surfered Yesterday #10

It was the other way when I was young. Warren_Pointe Yesterday #13

I personally hate the non-partisan races. I really want to know which is a maga and which is a Democrat. LiberalArkie Yesterday #19

We need to run as what we are, even in magat areas, mwmisses4289 Yesterday #15

There are only two sides: Republicans and non-traitors. hay rick Yesterday #16

if you are a Republican azureblue Yesterday #17

Someone in TN DownriverDem Yesterday #18

I have told kin in Arkansas that I cannot vote for them if they are running as a Rethuglican. TomSlick Yesterday #20

What is weird is that from 2019 and before all county and city offices were Democratic. The R's only got in with Trump LiberalArkie Yesterday #21

Before President Obama was elected this was a solidly Democratic county. TomSlick Yesterday #22