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How Clinton coattails could turn a Republican stronghold blue in Virginia - WaPo
At the end of a tour of his sprawling printing plant, businessman Lynwood “Root” Napier looked Republican Tom Garrett up and down and reasoned that he would do all right in his campaign for Congress.
“That is, if Trump doesn’t take you down,” he said with a chuckle. “Have you ever seen a bigger idiot?”
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But sagging poll numbers for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have put Virginia’s 5th District in play for the first time since President Barack Obama swept a Democrat into office here in 2008.
“A lot of it has to do with the fact that it is Trump,” said Pattie Cooper-Jones, a supervisor in Prince Edward County and Dittmar supporter. “People are just tired of that ignorance, they really are.” - WaPo
Story after story after story. We GOTV, we give Hillary the congress that's imperative to her policies.
Don't stand there twiddling your thumbs. We're in the home stretch. Call your local democratic field office and ask them what they need help with.
