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By Joseph O'Sullivan, The Seattle Times
Published: March 4, 2021, 11:20am
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It was billed as a discussion titled “The State of Our Democracy: Bridging the Political Divide in WA.” But the exchange between the state’s GOP and Democratic Party chairs Wednesday night was more of a bridge to nowhere.
Tina Podlodowski called the Republican Party’s claims to represent Washington residents “a joke” and accused its chair of being bound up in historic racism, misogyny and homophobia.
Caleb Heimlich accused Podlodowski of talking endlessly about Donald Trump and national politics to distract from local issues, and said that rural Washington is turning even farther away from Democrats.