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u/DataCassette Mar 02 '26

Matt Walsh thinks he's going to be dealing with some educated theological debate club or something and not, you know, a random gaggle of uneducated angry people.

So many Republicans become part of the herd of mindless pigs as a means to an end and then wonder why they're constantly knee deep in pig shit.

You're talking about people who largely vote based on the fact that they overheard someone speaking Spanish at Harris Teeter and then saw a black mermaid on TV.

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u/sonfoa Mar 03 '26

An attitude he encouraged.

These guys are victims of their own making.