His campaign manager is smart enough to try and manipulate expectations.
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Also from Dubya, who was proud to be a C student, and successfully played that “I’m just like you!” routine in his campaign. 
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I didn’t even consider the racist angle
The resulting contrast is one that presents a subset of potentially bigoted white voters with a choice between an uppity trouble-maker preacher who is in favor of further changes to their way of life through radical leftist ideas while focusing on racial division, or a more deferential Black man who is not going to get out of line and certainly won’t be a champion for any issues dealing with systemic racism. It is a dog whistle borne out of the tradition of the gentle giant much too stupid and well-meaning to cause any problems.
There isn’t much more offensive to the subset of bigoted white voters Walker will have to rely upon for success than an uppity Black man, and Walker undoubtedly understands this. He seeks to position himself as safe and controllable, and intentionally plays into the idea that Black men and by extension, Black people, are fine, humble folks who can be trusted so long as we understand our limits and accept that white people know better for us than we do for ourselves. In fairness, it may be too much to suggest that Walker’s approach is rooted in ruse. Even as this may be his authentic self, though, he is clear on what he thinks a Black, relatable, country boy looks and sounds like to white Georgian voters.
Not entirely sure this is Walker’s idea. But his campaign doing these things to purposefully engage racists is all too believable
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That analysis makes me physically ill. And the fact that it may work for certain racist white folks don’t help none, neither.
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… denouncing the progressive candidate for literally being “one of Them” 
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They seem to be implying she’s some kind of traitor in this district race. 
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Gay, MAGAt Republican.
Damn, is self-preservation not a thing anymore? “Sure, they want everyone like me dead, but surely they will make an exception, right?”
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He probably thinks being white and cisgender will save him.
He’s wrong.
I also suspect some self-hate and probably a dose of misogyny
He has called abortion rights “barbaric,” and spoken favorably about the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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A very Trump inspired guy.
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“Profits” is a very malleable concept
Promising to donate 1% of gross revenue (or something) would be more meaningful
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“Prompting the GOP to compare her to QAnon”: so, does that mean they’re singing her praises and backing her at every opportunity?
No?
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Right? Assholes.
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I don’t know if this is the right place for this.
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He also said that he was a nuclear technician.
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