I've lived and worked in DC for 20+ years and know first hand this is the norm.
It's mostly just posturing for the benefit of the voters. Sure, there are some who actually despise the opposition, but for the most part they're all really just co-workers when you think about it.
The vast majority of stuff you see in campaign ads and speeches and X posts and the like are all manufactured outrage. They don't care. They do it for the votes. They're all playing the same game and know what the rules are. It's no different than seeing people from different sports teams out partying together after a game where some of them were literally beating the shit out of the other (hockey, for instance).
I've lived and worked in DC for 20+ years and know first hand this is the norm.
It's mostly just posturing for the benefit of the voters. Sure, there are some who actually despise the opposition, but for the most part they're all really just co-workers when you think about it.
The vast majority of stuff you see in campaign ads and speeches and X posts and the like are all manufactured outrage. They don't care. They do it for the votes. They're all playing the same game and know what the rules are. It's no different than seeing people from different sports teams out partying together after a game where some of them were literally beating the shit out of the other (hockey, for instance).
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