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There was a load of mixed messages flying around the set of ABC’s This Week on Sunday, as the mostly-liberal panel was having a hard time digesting the Republican sweep in Virginia and the rejection of Democratic policies across the country last Tuesday. And aside from admitting that Democrats had some work to do on messaging, the panel took to pummeling Republicans with charges of democratic arson, voter suppression, and suggestions they couldn’t repeat their success.
After a quick look at the issue of education in Virginia and voters rejecting radical progressive policies, Washington Post correspondent and anti-Trump book co-author Robert Costa rallied the panel to stop looking and the left and rail against Republicans instead. “Donna [Brazile] called this a wakeup call. My question is as a reporter, to what end? Is this an alarm clock or siren,” he prefaced.
Hawking his book, Costa argued that the right was committing arson against the country, and he seemed to suggest, without evidence, the GOP victory in Virginia appeared to be the result of election manipulation.
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