Every day I think that the Republicans have sunk as low as they can, another candidate shocks and surprises me with how retrograde and radically reactionary s/he can be.
Meet Jim Russell, who I hope will be the worst of the worst of this year's Republican candidates. Who IS this Jim Russell? Does he hail from the hills of Alaska, OR the rural spaces of flyover country in Idaho OR North Dakota or the deep, deep, deep South? Nope, Jim Russell resides in Hawthorne, New York, Westchester County, and he's running against longtime Democrat Nita Lowey.
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