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Chapter 4. Let them pull the red wagon.

Here we are, August 2019, the eve of a congressional election, the special election,

the duover after the cheating scandal, the one where McCray Daulis allegedly pulled his illegal

absentee ballots shenanigans, after which even the Republicans had agreed.

Okay, throughout the results, let's try this again, so new congressional election.

The candidates this time around are Dan McCready, he's the same Democrat as last time,

and then another Dan, Dan Bishop. He's the new Republican candidate.

Two of the candidates, vying to represent the state's ninth congressional district.

It's a televised debate between the two Danes, the one and only debate of the race.

And at the end, they do that gimmick where both candidates are allowed to ask each other a question.

If you've ever watched a political debate, you know those questions aren't really questions.

They're little speeches, setups to try to stick it to the other guy, make him look bad.

To that end, you might think Republican Dan Bishop would do his level best to avoid any talk of McCray

Daulis and the Rolicking National Embarrassment, through which his party, the Republican Party,

had just dragged the voters of North Carolina, which caused the special election to happen.

But no, he goes right there to allegations of election fraud.

He says to the Democrat, Dan McCready, never mind McCray Daulis. I want to talk about someone else.

But tonight, I want to ask you about Lola Wooten. Lola Wooten, she's a campaign worker in Bladin.

Key facts here, unlike McCray, who has 13 indictments, she has zero. You can forget her name, in fact,

as soon as we're done here. But Republican Dan Bishop is trying some cynical, rhetorical

gymnastics right now at the 11th hour of the 11th hour with early voting already underway.

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