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Originally Posted by Khorza
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If you think that Obama was "far left" or you think that the Republican party is generally moderate then you don't know nearly enough about politics to be discussing it.
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Let’s not insult each other but look at facts. Let’s take a look at Bill Clinton’s 1990s democratic platform.
Social issues- Bill Clinton said marriage is between a man and a woman. This was considered a normal liberal position. What we have now is far to the left of what we had 30 years ago. Immigration has also been very liberal as both republican and democrats have opened the borders until 2016. Trump running on closing immigration is the first mainstream conservative ideal I’ve seen in 30 years.
Economic- in the 1996 US spending $5,225 trillion per year. In 2016 it was 19.5 trillion. Our spending hasn’t been conserved in the slightest. Both republican and Democrat have taken liberal positions on spending over the past 30 years.
Now what are your facts that we’ve shifted to the right at all