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patphil

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18. If this doesn't get fixed, those states are about to get hit with a huge dose of voter backlash.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 04:12 PM
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The comment "all are republican controlled states" may not be true by this time next year.

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Their citizens vote for them. piddyprints Monday #1
A million people in my state of N.C. will lost health insurance. yardwork Monday #10
They need to be sued again and again. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Monday #20
The N.C. state Supreme Court and SCOTUS is in the bag for them. yardwork Monday #21
I'm in NC, and I agree RetiredParatrooper Monday #31
Welcome to DU and welcome to another North Carolinian! yardwork Monday #34
Welcome to DU, RetiredParatrooper! calimary Tuesday #35
Make them own it. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #53
Somehow we must put Fox News and then rest of these right wing liars out of business. travelingthrulife Tuesday #49
The Fox lie machine must be shut down completely 31st Street Bridge Tuesday #52
I understand why cable isn't regulated by the FCC, CrispyQ Tuesday #59
There are several stories of Trump replacing signs with Biden's name & putting new ones with his name, CrispyQ Tuesday #57
And they will blame Obama, Biden and dems kerouac2 Monday #2
And these are reasons why I am finding it johnnyfins Monday #4
I suspect a large percentage of those enrolled in the ACA - even in red states - vote Democratic. No state ... Whiskeytide Monday #26
I agree. ShazzieB Tuesday #37
Watch him propose to fund ACA only for red states. NH Ethylene Monday #3
Yes, I think he will do this too. gristy Monday #14
If SCOUTS lets that fly then the UNITED states is over. -nt CrispyQ Tuesday #60
Republicans don't give a shit about... Lovie777 Monday #5
Sounds like putin and his people...He does not care how many die.. Just like these red states and their people.. mitch96 Monday #8
They don't care about the constituents who don't have money. haele Monday #16
Wonder what they will do when no one has money to buy their shit? travelingthrulife Tuesday #50
Very few of them have lived or run a business in the Real World haele Tuesday #67
That's why they are so obsessed with forced birth. No contraception. ToxMarz Tuesday #55
K&R UTUSN Monday #6
Job Loses Gonna Hurt modrepub Monday #7
Their goal is to remove the expendables The Madcap Monday #11
They want a world where only the rich deserve a pleasant life & the rest of us suffer what we must to provide for them. CrispyQ Tuesday #62
"Why republicans don't believe in taking care of their citizens is beyond me." J_William_Ryan Monday #9
I would add... Pluvious Monday #13
Getting big money out of our electoral process would solve many of our problems. CrispyQ Tuesday #63
Hear, bloody, hear stage left Monday #15
And many of these same states declined the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA surfered Monday #12
Taking care of your citizens is derided as the "nanny state" DBoon Monday #17
That's a good comeback. calimary Tuesday #36
You forgot no regulation. That's nanny state, too. CrispyQ Tuesday #65
When the reality is that the citizens are one of a nation's most prized resources! CrispyQ Tuesday #64
If this doesn't get fixed, those states are about to get hit with a huge dose of voter backlash. patphil Monday #18
No Nasruddin Monday #19
Alabama will never vote Democratic again... COL Mustard Monday #24
Anyone have a breakdown as to... BurnDoubt Monday #22
All are former members of the Confederacy.... COL Mustard Monday #23
And ALL of the former Confederate states Wednesdays Tuesday #58
Red state takers Envirogal Monday #25
Simple. They hate Obama. LNM Monday #27
Tsk tsk Faux pas Monday #28
Every state that went for orange piggy in 2024 ! kimbutgar Monday #29
Their getting what they voted for! nt Unrepentant Fenian Monday #30
Let's see them try to blame the Democrats for that. Martin68 Monday #32
That's exactly what they'll try to do. calimary Tuesday #40
They can try as usual but there has been way to much light on the expiring subsidies Bengus81 Tuesday #45
Make sure to thank your local Republican politician next November. Buddyzbuddy Monday #33
And sadly... Golfnbrew Tuesday #38
Because Republicans are selfish and greedy GoodRaisin Tuesday #39
And I don't know how to spin this any other way. calimary Tuesday #41
They are a failure at marketing. It's maddening! CrispyQ Tuesday #68
Frustrating, isn't it?! calimary Tuesday #70
Problem is that they will all believe that the Democrats did this to them. Kablooie Tuesday #42
Exactly. Blue_Roses Tuesday #43
What they all have in common... llmart Tuesday #44
Sadly there's no "if" to it Bengus81 Tuesday #46
These subsidies JustAnotherGen Tuesday #47
I say tough noogies, red states. mwb970 Tuesday #48
Once again Abstractartist Tuesday #51
Blue state republicans should be asked, CrispyQ Tuesday #54
More fuel for the blue tsunami in Texas... CapnSteve Tuesday #56
If? Bluetus Tuesday #61
I'm surprised Arkansas isn't on this list RazorbackExpat Tuesday #66
Red State Masochists duckworth969 Tuesday #69
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