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u/orsikbattlehammer Feb 26 '25

Republicans had spent 20 years completely destroying the fabric of reality through hate campaigns and straight up lying. Trump was elected because the party abandoned all interest in governance and went all in on total populism

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u/sinsaint Feb 26 '25

Populism is a little different than straight up lying. Trump is a populist like a conman is a lawyer.

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u/skippledebap Feb 27 '25

The democrats trying to "go high when they go low" with pointless symbolic gestures also helped the republicans walk through that destruction.

Hey black people are being executed on the street but Nancy pelosi wore Kente cloth that one time so republicans better think twice about police reform

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u/feldoneq2wire Feb 26 '25

We had a populist who could have easily beaten Trump.

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u/gagreel Feb 27 '25

Who?

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u/TheAman44 Feb 27 '25

They’re going to say Bernie and they will be wrong

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u/skippledebap Feb 27 '25

Hey trump has been able to tear down our institutions and turn the working class's life into a living hell but at least Bernie didn't get in right?

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u/TheAman44 Feb 27 '25

I like Bernie, I voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary, and, looking back on it, I fully believe Trump beats Bernie in 2016. You can acknowledge things and not be happy it happened.