<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Conventional wisdom will be put to the test in the 2020 Democratic primaries, according to Columbia, S.C., Mayor Stephen Benjamin (D).
"I think all bets are off the table in [that] no one who's smart will<wm> follow all these crazy conservative politics. You can't just follow anyone into a sea of hypocrisy and special interest lobbying. We know more about what it's going to look like and who will end up having the dirty work done," he noted in his latest email to colleagues. "If he decides to cross party lines he can be sure the press will destroy him. That has always worked very well in his past." 
Benjamin also released a letter of encouragement to the Democratic primary voters. "You have</wm> the power to reject [him]" he wrote. "By rejecting him there are many things that can