Local Democrats warn party: Growing Republican wave is real

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Published November 5, 2021 10:11 PM

By STEVE PEOPLES
AP National Politics Writer

NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the Republican wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn’t even taught in local schools. So they were not surprised when Democrats all across this key county northeast of Philadelphia were wiped out in Tuesday’s municipal elections. Democrats lost Virginia’s high-profile governor’s race, but they also suffered embarrassing outcomes in suburban New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The message from Democrats in Bucks County to Democrats across America heading into the 2022 midterms is loud and clear: It’s worse than you think.

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