The Issue: Alaskan Democrats allegedly planting a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot to confuse voters.
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Democrats → plant → voters
It’s distressing to learn that members of Senate hopeful Mary Peltola’s campaign were allegedly behind the recruitment of a candidate whose place on Alaska’s ballot was clearly meant to confuse voters (“More ‘Decoy Dan’ probes,” Oct. 30).
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place → ’ → probes
But there is irony in the fact that the kings of dirty tricks — the Trump regime — are complaining about receiving a dose of their own medicine.
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kings → be → medicine
Regardless, two wrongs do not make a right.
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wrongs → make → right
Peltola went low, and it is embarrassing to the Democratic Party.
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it → go → Party
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township, Pa.
Mail-in ballot fraud, recruiting candidates with the same name as your opponent, ranked-choice voting, illegal immigrants voting, not requiring IDs and banning ICE from polling stations: How much of our democracy do Democrats need to defraud in order to “save” it?
Nick McNulty
Windham, NH
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Democrats → mail → it
There is a lot of chatter right now about the election in Alaska and I agree that recruiting a BS candidate for the ballot should be illegal.
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recruiting → be → ballot
But let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture: President Trump is trying his hardest to disrupt the midterm elections because he’s afraid he’ll lose control of the House and Senate.
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he → let → House
This election is do or die for our democracy.
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election → do → democracy
He needs to be stopped.
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He → need → ?
Manhattan
Peltola’s people campaigning to recruit another Dan Sullivan to run against the senator deserves condemnation as an attempt to confuse voters.
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people → campaign → voters
But the same standard should be applied to partisan gerrymandering.
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standard → apply → gerrymandering
While voter deception seeks to distort an individual choice, gerrymandering seeks to distort the system and preserve that distortion across elections.
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gerrymandering → seek → elections
Neither practice becomes acceptable because the other exists.
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other → become → ?
The principle should be consistent: Voters should never have their choices manipulated by those seeking to gain or retain power.
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choices → have → power
“Existential threat to democracy” is the phrase Democrats use to describe Trump and his administration.
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Democrats → use → Trump
Yet, it’s the Dems who allowed fraud to run rampant in Alaska, refuse to cooperate with ICE to rid our country of illegal migrants and won’t provide voter rolls to prevent noncitizens from voting.
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fraud → ’ → noncitizens
They continue to be the party of fraud and deceit.
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They → continue → fraud
It appears The New York Times has broken free of its partisan chains, exposing Alaskan Democrats’ plan to confuse names on the ballot to siphon votes away from the Republican candidate.
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Times → appear → candidate
Has the Old Gray Lady finally decided it’s time to practice journalism rather than activism?
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it → decide → journalism
Before crediting the Times with seeing the light, consider it’s just as likely its editors recognized this hare-brained scheme could not possibly escape scrutiny.
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scheme → credit → scrutiny
So they decided they might as well be the one to break the story, instead of burying it as usual.
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they → decide → it
Congratulations, I guess.
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I → guess → ?
Will the real Alaskan Senate candidate Dan Sullivan please stand up?
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candidate → stand → ?
A non-campaigning, Trump-hating fraud is on the ballot in Alaska.
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fraud → hat → Alaska
Even The New York Times made it a headline.
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it → make → ?
Peltola and her team have their fingerprints all over it.
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Peltola → have → it
Will the real Slim Shady — ahem, Daniel Sullivan — please stand up?
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Shady → stand → ?
We knew politics were dirty, but the Democrats have taken it to new heights with this latest scheme in the Alaska Senate race.
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Democrats → know → race
If the Democrats don’t cheat, they know they’ll be beat.
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they → cheat → ?
Just imagine how dishonest and deceitful Peltola will be if she is elected, considering she’s already trying to trick her constituents.
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she → imagine → constituents
Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy, and style.
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Letters → edit → clarity
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