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MAGA labels dogs Republican in race for key Pennsylvania state house seat

MORRISVILLE, Pa. — Candace Cabanas, a mother and server at an Italian restaurant running for political office for the first time, has distanced herself from the fiery rhetoric and extreme positions of her Donald Trump-led Republican Party.

But her Democratic opponent, Jim Prokopiak, a school board member, isn’t letting her escape the connection, running ads and sending mailers that tar Cabanas as a “MAGA extremist” who knocked doors for Trump and supported book bans at schools — characterizations that Cabanas denies.

“People don’t want extremists in government right now. Not here in Bucks County,” Prokopiak said in an interview.

Americans know Trump is extreme. They might elect him anyway.

It’s a strategy Democrats have won with in recent elections, especially in swing areas like Bucks County, a vote-rich suburb outside of Philadelphia where moderate and independent voters are heavily courted by presidential campaigns….

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