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FattieBanton t1_j11xw38 wrote

I used to drive by there but the food hall name threw me off. I thought it was like a food bank or soup kitchen. A coworker brought the pizza to work and told me food hall is what they call restaurant in ukrops lingo.

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Mad-Lad-of-RVA t1_j11xqr8 wrote

You're looking at it through the distorted lens of our highly divided two-party system.

On Election Day, the constituents of VA-04 didn't vote for the Democratic Party. They voted for Donald McEachin.

Installing a Democrat by default because McEachin passed would disenfranchise anyone who voted for McEachin that would now vote for a Republican or independent candidate.

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Mad-Lad-of-RVA t1_j11vd7b wrote

If someone dies in office, it should be the voice of the people that decides who replaces them. That's democracy.

I think Republicans should have a chance just like Democrats should have a chance if a Republican dies in office. I don't like Republicans, but that's only fair. Everyone gets their shot in a democracy.

As for the accelerated schedule, it gives us a representative in Congress again as quickly as possible. I much prefer that to this being dragged out and being unrepresented in the House.

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