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Democrat is not an adjective

One of the NPR announcers this morning referred to a “Democrat and Republican proposal.”

Sorry, but the adjective is “Democratic.” Republicans started using “Democrat” as an adjective (I think during the Reagan era) because they didn’t like the implication that Democrats are democratic. The news media should not be falling for this twisting of grammar for political ends. [Tags: ]

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