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If you were to run for higher office in your country, what controversial thing would the vetting process uncover about you? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Honestly, all of politics is compromise. It's very unlikely that there's ever going to be anyone that perfectly aligns with my personal opinions. So I have to pick and choose, and decide which things are absolutely critical for me, and which ones I will bend on. For me, church/state separation, reproductive choice, and LGBTQ rights are my tops for individual rights; gun rights matter to me, personally, but I'd be willing to bend on that if it meant removing the evangelical stranglehold over state and local gov't.