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Elite Republicans have abandoned the voters

The big problem with Hillary Clinton winning with all the defecting Republican career politicians to her side is that there will be no two-party system.

These career politicians are telling us, the voters, that they don't represent us; not that they ever did. They represent their own best interest - themselves - which means anything Hillary wants she will get, just like President Obama did with the weak Republican Party that is now in Hillary's, and the Democratic Party’s, back pocket.

We, the voters, don't have to vote anymore because the career politicians have publicly said, “We don't represent you, the voters, anymore, but our own best interests.”

Tom Lewis, Longs

This story was originally published October 26, 2016 at 11:37 AM with the headline "Elite Republicans have abandoned the voters."

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