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They went out with a protest, not against a candidate, but against the principles of a party, declaring they did not hold and would not support them.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “They went out with a protest, not against a candidate, but against the principles of a party, declaring they did not…”
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This statement reflects a principled stance against supporting a party's principles that one fundamentally disagrees with.
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