If I don't ever have to hear carpetbagging as a pejorative for opportunistic district selection again, it'll still be too soon.

March 18, 2026 - 04:40 UTC

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a lot of people forgot (or never learned) that the original carpetbaggers were the *good guys*
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As I said, though probably could have been more clear, I don't mind "carpetbagging." But it was the central obstacle of her campaign.
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Totally agree it was an a obstacle. But all else equal, someone with familiarity and ties to a district is preferable to an opportunist.

I mind how critics, even in the replies here, used that word to describe it.
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