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4 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I cant understand how people are shocked that the polls were
"wrong" and then in the next sentence mention voter suppression. GOP targets democratic voting blocs for suppression. Those blocs get polled, and give responses. And then are blocked from voting. Then, you have...
...relentless weaponization of COVID, with GOP successfully pushing these things: Voting must be inside (where infection higher risk) people dont have to wear masks, people can bring guns. Because the GOP is in fantasy land about Covid, this would have little impact on them...
...but would deter those who live in the real world of Covid and didnt want to risk dying. THEN, you have what is the obvious intentional slowing of the mail in critical democratic voting areas (I have now heard from 4 post offices that they were ordered to slow down. This...
...needs a criminal investigation.) SO, voting suppression, weaponization of Covid, slowing mail-in ballots to prevent delivery - how in the hell could polls be accurate? They can't take into account official criminality, fraud and immorality.

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...now, he said, there is a higher proportion of higher payments for COVID than viral pneumonia, but not because it says "Covid." It's because the treatment course for COVID is far more intense for it. People with COVID who don't die quickly cost a lot if they get into ICU....
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