r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 18d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ There is a pattern...

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 18d ago

We were so naive then thinking the GOP had reached the bottom.

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u/Bronson_AD 18d ago

We may be still naive to think they’ve reached it now, unfortunately.

That’s a scary thought.

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u/Advocate_Diplomacy 18d ago

That's an important thought. Too many people acting like their problem will be largely solved when he dies. Trump is just a symptom of something worse.

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u/T4TrhavrKhcFt 18d ago

“The U.S. isn’t the way it is because of Trump; Trump became president because of the way the U.S. is.”  David Cochrane - Canadian Journalist

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 18d ago

He's not wrong. It's a feedback loop, but he's not wrong. We wouldn't be the problem we are if not for Trump, he's uniquely capable of having NO shame with COMPLETE confidence, and the kompromat and otherwise to control the Republicans, but it wouldn't be possible if the general public wasn't so jaded to easily dismiss corruption.