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I'm not denying that they claim to be republican, but their actions do serve both parties. As such, I don't think their claim to be republican is particularly meaningful.

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Also worth context here that Stagwell is set up like another major holding company. They own Targeted Victory (R) and SKDKnickerbocker (D) as their two pillars in DC/public affairs/campaign comms. They also own other non-political communications companies.

He worked for D's in 2008 and the firm was founded in 2015 with primarily R political cleintelle.

What's contradictory about a strategist who worked for Ds in 2008 and was working for Rs by 2016? Hell, there's a whole term describing the large set of people who made that shift in that exact time period: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama%E2%80%93Trump_voters

Clinton-people and Obama-people did not and do not like each other.

This might be a better link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Unity_My_Ass

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