# I forget, do we have a general HurricaneDitka Pit thread?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 6, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952 "2018-01-06T00:15:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/685 "2019-01-08T23:34:46Z")

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In response to this:

> [@If Democrats decide to stop being "the adult in the room"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-democrats-decide-to-stop-being-the-adult-in-the-room/827324/72):
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> The Democrats never elevated to national office someone who spread racist evidence-free conspiracy theories for years. There is no Democratic equivalent of Trump. Not even close.

liar HD’s response is:

> [@If Democrats decide to stop being "the adult in the room"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-democrats-decide-to-stop-being-the-adult-in-the-room/827324/73):
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> What are you defining as “national office”?

So basically, he accepts that Trump spread racist evidence-free conspiracy theories for years, and his response is (or would be if I engaged him, which I won’t) ‘but Democrats do it too!’. Which they don’t, quite obviously.

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