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[–] 1 point 1 year ago*

Link work for anyone? Broken on Connect

Edit: was able to copy and paste

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  • [–] 94 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Well now, that's an actual play by the Democrats, I'm a little surprised. Of course the Republicans have to vote against it because they have to protect President Smooth Brain, but this then drags out the story over another news cycle when Trump is desperate for people to stop talking about it.

    Now, all this means nothing because the base will eventually get to "it's ok for Trump to have raped those girls because he was saving them from the evil Democrats who would have done worse" but at least there's a small moment where I can imagine things matter.

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is the longest I've seen his base angry at Trump & Republicans for. He got ratioed on Truth Social for the first time ever. He's also doing something he rarely does - telling his base directly that their concerns don't matter to him. Republicans usually manufacture away around issues that still pretends to care about their concerns, but they are not doing that well here

    I can't fully predict the future think this leaves a wound that not all the base comes back from and that matters. If say 10-20% of MAGA people don't return, that weakens his grip on power. Some percentage going away enables a permissions structure for future criticism on other issues. Wannabe authoritarians need zero criticism to be acceptable to their followers because the tiniest bit can snow ball

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    It's a great play.

    Every single Democrat running against these assholes next November will be able to say the Republican candidate voted against the release of the Epstein files. That's their headshot in the debates. "Representative X voted against the release of the Epstein Files" is an easy campaign strategy.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You have to be better than that.

    (In a scary voice, with a black and white teddy bear on a child mattress in the background. ) "Representative X voted AGAINST investigating child molesters and instead voted FOR granting them additional protections!"

    Don't say Epstein files.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I think you need both. It's clear that Republicans are pro rape and only parrot being against pedophilia, but I don't think they've drawn the connection between that and the Epstein files.

    You gotta bust out the crayons and connect the dots for them so that they are fighting the same fight as us.

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The scariest thing about this is the fact 211 members of congress are willing to go along with this cover up because they are either in on it, or too cowardly to stand up for what’s right.

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  • [–] 132 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    So there are at least 211 child rapists in the house?

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Republicans have taken to voting "No" on damned near anything a Democrat floats for a vote, so this was an excellent opportunity to dump kerosene on the flaming bag of shit Trump stepped in.

    But otherwise...

    cough

    cough cough

    hack cough weeze

    Yeah, its a bit of a problem.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago*

    Very good, House Dems. Now keep doing it--introduce another 99 bills to do the same between now and the next presidential election (if there is one), which would be as many as the number of times House republicans introduced bills to repeal the ACA (and that only counts their bills through 2017, which was the latest date I found a source for).

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    So 211 of them all admit it exists, at least. Good first thing to pin to them, and ask why their lord and savior thinks it doesn't exist.

    "Do we think its part of his mental decline or his unwillingness to have his name read out?"

    Also, just to edit myself and add a little something:

    "If you feed a terrorist or fund a terrorist, you're a terrorist." - your enigmatic W. Bush.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What's the phrase Republicans use again? "If you did nothing wrong then you should have nothing to worry about"

    Talk about karma

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Delia Ramirez from Illinois and Frederica Wilson from Florida. were the only two Democrats to abstain. the vote would have passed with them.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Almost like it was planned. No way they just happened to abstain when it was that close.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    neither of those people struck me as DJT's fall people. would they do it for the Clintons?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They probably just drew lots or some shit. Doesn't really matter to them who did it, as the public is just going to see the Republicans who voted no.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I didn't. fucking bug-people, man.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    But but. How can you block the release of something that doesn't exist?....lol

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Imagine telling on yourself like this

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If there is a silver lining to all this, it’s the absolutely amateurish way they have gone about covering all this up. From the “raw” video with 3 minutes cutout to the flip flopping on the existence of the list. These are bad people clearly making this up as they go along, and not evil masterminds executing part 10 of a well thought out plan.

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    [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Apparently these are the ones to work on: "The nine Republicans who chose not to vote were: Andy Ogles (TN), Michael McCaul (TX), Thomas Massie (KY), Barry Loudermilk (GA), Wesley Hunt (TX), Morgan Lutrell (TX), Mark Green (TN), Monica De La Cruz (TX), and Buddy Carter (GA). "

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They're really going all in counting on no elections next year.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They’re counting on the fact that most people have worse memory than a goldfish and will blindly vote for their party of choice with no thought whatsoever.

    Also they are definitely going to rig the election next year anyway, so there’s no reason for them to be sneaky anymore because they’re covered either way.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago*

    Dems should pull from the same playbook the Republicans pulled from when they voted to repeal Obamacare like 30 times while Obama was still in office. Make the Republicans keep voting to protect pedos, and then when they're out of the majority make Trump use his veto to protect pedos.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I hate this fucking country.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Shocking news!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Good job guys! Protect those fellow pedophiles!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Is this “the storm” the Qult has been promising us?

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  • Got to protect the pedophile-in-chief.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Ah ok, so I guess 80% of them are on the list lol

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Conservatives seem to have formulated their response.

    209 Ds + 1 R voting yes to 211 Rs voting no = both parties are corrupt.

    Everyone is on the list, even though Democrats voted yea. In conspiracy world, politicians are a hivemind that act in perfect lockstep. When you see 210 - 211 it means it's a circus and they don't care about us and they conspire to swap votes to trick the marks.

    Something 90% of Americans shit out on a daily basis.

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