re: #340 Belafon

dailykos.com

Earlier on Thursday, Bailey also talked to Chuck Todd on MSNBC’s MTP Daily, and told him that the the issue is “more than anything, getting people plugged into the race pretty early,” undercutting McConnell’s strategy “to establish the narrative very quickly against his opponents […] and now the fear is the narrative is being established about him, that he is this underling of Vladimir Putin and/or Trump.” Also, it’s working for Democrats. Bailey said from his discussions with McConnell’s staff he’s now “at least open to the idea of a bipartisan election security measure. […] They seem to be searching for an exit ramp in this situation.”

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