Political candidates are “one of us” on social media, as Wisconsin US Senate candidate has audacity not to pick Badgers to win NCAAs

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio discussing the US House passing $1.2 trillion to keep government open, right before vacation, and how politicians and candidates use social media fairly unproductively — like making NCAA picks.

Began the show right there, to a degree, and how Instagram is not showing political posts anymore, unless you go through five sub-menus to turn that option back on.

After that, a lot of US House talk, with Green Bay GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher retiring early now for to “spend time with family,” and how the politics surrounding Republican Mike Johnson’s ability to keep his House Speaker seat.

Ended the show talking about politicians on social media and how it’s more of the magazine US Weekly “they’re one of us,” versus them posting about substantive issues they’re governing bodies are dealing with, how they’re voting or would vote and their thoughts on those issues. 

Republican US Senate candidate Eric Hovde posted a video about his NCAA Tournament picks. The AP decided that was worth a story because he didn’t pick a Wisconsin team — though, he didn’t troll all Democrats by picking a California team, either.

That is just one example of how politicians are on social media showing us they’re human but really not informing the public on their stances for the seats they hold or want to hold in much of a substantive way consistently.

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