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Arguments that Pence is somehow more dangerous than Trump make no sense.

Pence is already in the administration! He's already setting policy! Promoting him from VP would change nothing!
I have yet to hear any of these "Pence would be more dangerous than Trump" people name one tangible thing that Pence *would* do as president that Trump would *not* do.
Pence is also — and I feel like people really forget this — an absolutely dogshit politician compared to Trump.

He can't whip up a rally. He can't speak with charisma. As governor he was on track to lose reelection. All his popularity in the GOP comes from standing behind Trump.
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Matthew Chapman
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What a TERRIBLE idea.

We need a vast expansion of subsidies to construct high-density, cheap housing and transfer payments to help low-income people afford rent. But rent control is universally viewed as a failure by economists — you can't make housing cheaper just by saying so.
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Matthew Chapman
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Neither Iowa nor Ohio have ceased being battlegrounds.

This is an incredibly lazy take and it isn't supported by any polling data. Trump is underwater and trailing or tied with Democrats in both states.
OH has always leaned red at the presidential level, ever since the GOP has existed. There isn't polling data that suggests Trump's win in 2016 is a fundamental shift in the state beyond where it normally is.

As for IA, no state has had a harder approval swing against Trump.
Also, both states' performance in the midterms suggest Democrats are still competitive. Sherrod Brown won by more than he did in 2012. Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne both flipped Republican seats.

To claim these states are out of play is absurd.
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