“Asked how many members of the House of Reps there were, Stein guessed 600-some before hosts corrected her.”

    • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Because a good chunk of the population doesn’t understand what it is and why it’s bad, and a serious percentage of politicians benefit from it.

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        13 hours ago

        Are you saying its essentially a thing Republicans don’t know about or understand? I have to assume every democrat has heard the word, and it has simple explanations too.

        I was under the impression republicans knee but defended it but it could be an ignorance thing, thats a fair point.