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Jack Valentino

(4,666 posts)
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:38 PM Jan 6

"criminal organization masquerading as a government" !!

Speaker Mike Johnson spoke those words about the Venezuelan Maduro government---
but that wasn't the first government that came to MY mind with those words!!!!

(He has absolutely no sense of irony!)

The Number ONE "criminal organization masquerading as a government"
is the U.S. Republican Party, who mostly continue to support the criminal-in-chief


and seem to aspire to emulate
the German National Socialist Party of 1938--- !!


(When young Republicans were exposed by their
telegram messages praising Hitler---
that was NOT a 'glitch' !)

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CousinIT

(12,383 posts)
3. Sarah Kendzior called the Trump gov't that in his first term.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:48 PM
Jan 6

He probably stole the term from her.

They LOVE to accuse others of that which they are themselves guilty. PROJECTION.

Jack Valentino

(4,666 posts)
5. "It takes one to know one" was the comeback in my early years,
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:04 PM
Jan 6

in the late 60s to early 1970s

"I know you are, but what am I ?" still doesn't make any grammatical sense to me,
and I never heard that when I was in grade-school


Jack Valentino

(4,666 posts)
6. And I'd REALLY like to hear many Democratic candidates in 2026 using those exact words REPEATEDLY
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:16 PM
Jan 6

to describe the Republican Party--- because that is what they are!!!!

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