McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

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“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.

This is apparently the point where the "moderate" Republicans are willing to start pushing back — where they've got personal experience with just how evil a policy is.

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McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

www.nytimes.com /2024/12/13/us/politics/mcconnell-polio-vaccine-rfk-jr.html

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McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

www.nytimes.com /2024/12/13/us/politics/mcconnell-polio-vaccine-rfk-jr.html

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- He's not. He endorsed the dipshit, and prevented prosecution during his second impeachment. IRS partially his fault we're even in this mess.
- He's the "voice of reason" because he survived polio. If he didn't have polio as a kid, he wouldn't give a shit.
- The Overton Window cuts both ways!
  I didn’t grow up a centrist. But the window moved both to the left and to the right of me!
  
  The Overton Window is about the population, not the politicians. The left in the US has moved more left and the right has moved more right. The difference is that the republicans have turned over a lot of their members to stay in the window as it moves right. McConnell is one of the last of the old guard of traditional (as opposed to alt right) conservatives.
  The democrats so far have managed to keep their old guard by appealing to fear and other tactics. They’re fighting so hard to keep the party from moving leftward and it’s costing them elections.
  
  The US population, as a whole, moved right.
  Bruh, we literally elected a fascist.
  The left didn't move "farther left", that segment has grown bigger, is all. The right didn't move farther right, they've always been white supremacists and misogynist. That segment has grown a lot recently, hence the Overton shift.

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