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As much as Democrats might like to talk about health care, their candidate will inevitably be dragged into Trump's sucking morass of conspiracy mongering and tribalism.

What is the meaning of "as much as"? What is its effect on the two clauses? Is there any alternative for it? Thx.

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The sentence is equivalent to "Democrats like to talk about health care very much, but that will not prevent their candidate's inevitably being dragged into Trump's sucking morass of conspiracy mongering and tribalism."

Will Leung Is there any alternative for it?

There is a correct version, the one the writer foggily remembered wrong in his hurry to hear the sound of his own voice: "However much Democrats might like to talk about health care, their candidate will inevitably be dragged into Trump's sucking morass of conspiracy mongering and tribalism."

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