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The Flip-Flop File: When Candidates Change Positions, What Actually Counts?

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Aug 26, 2026
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Politicians change positions. Sometimes new evidence explains it. Sometimes circumstances change. Sometimes an election does. Tennessee voters deserve a better standard than treating every change as either betrayal or growth.

“Flip-flop” may be one of the easiest accusations in politics.

It is also one of the least precise.

A candidate says one thing in 20…

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