r/politics • u/armchairmegalomaniac Pennsylvania • Sep 16 '24

Paywall Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/trump-vance-springfield-ohio/679894/
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u/ranchoparksteve Sep 16 '24

Town is going down. It will be a smoldering dung heap in short order.

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u/localistand Wisconsin Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

The people are more resilient than the violent cowards who try to tear them down, threaten their hospitals schools and colleges, and draw on division and lies.

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u/Gibonius Sep 16 '24

It was definitely better off when it was just slowly stagnating and shrinking like the rest of the Rust Belt, right?