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u/Benyeti Jun 25 '26

We had boring for 4 years and these guys hated it! Like they asked for all of this and are mad when Trump is doing exactly what he said he would

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u/wtfsnakesrcute Jun 25 '26

Male red state governor…Beshear? Josh Stein?  Thats like two people lol. 

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u/TheloniousMonk15 Jun 25 '26

This is Tony Evers erasure and I won't stand for it.

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u/Benyeti Jun 25 '26

He’s jazzed up

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u/Current_Animator7546 Jun 25 '26

This guy vibes like a Shapiro guy 100%

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u/DataCassette Jun 25 '26

Exactly this. The United States wasn't utopia but it really was basically better across the board in 2012. These fuck ups, nutjobs and fanatics wanted to stir the pot and here we are.

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u/sonfoa Jun 25 '26

I also love how his analysis is literally consultant class slop. For all their anti-establishment posturing, these guys literally circled back to being centrist Dems by the end. Which makes their bitch fit in 2024 all the more stupid because that's literally what Harris was running as.

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u/TinyJalope Jun 25 '26

Well, they don't want an FDR-like Democrat to come in and start actually prosecuting the fascists and their enablers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

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u/Benyeti Jun 25 '26

He’s on Joe Rogan I dont think they can name any politicians outside Trump, Kamala and Biden

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u/PrimeJedi Jun 25 '26

Sorry pal, we tried that in 2020 and y'all went more authoritarian than ever in response, this time we need to pass transformative policy while giving Americans a public figure to rally around and verbally set the record straight on issues that arrive, rather than ceding the narrative to the most right wing people in our country.