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Seen on the street while out doing some shopping. I have to give them credit for trying, even though it's something of a quixotic job, looking to drum up support for Republicans in the fairly Blue suburbs of Seattle. I found the smaller sign, the one titled "Save Washington" to be interesting. It alleges "corruption and bad policies." The second is a given; Democrats run the government at the state level, especially given the Republican drive to rid their party of moderates, and partisanship demands that all policies advanced by the other party be denounced as bad. The corruption charge is more interesting, although just as partisan. It shows how affective polarization is really setting in on the Republican side. To the best of my knowledge, no formal accusations, credible or not, of political corruption at the state level have been made recently. The Washington State Republican Party has made some allegations, but not of anything illegal.

In any event, the fact that it was only three people was somewhat telling, given the numbers at the Hands Off rallies around the area. I'd suggest different tactics, but since it's basically Trump or nothing, I don't think they'd listen to me.