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LiberalLovinLug

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29. Well.....they are only "flushing their career prospects down the crapper" if their gamble fails

Reply to mike_c (Reply #2)

Fri May 8, 2026, 01:26 PM

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IF they are confident that Trump will be able to steal more elections. And the Rethugs, with their selective rulings from the SCOTUS, about redrawing maps, new voter ID laws, and other shenanigans, they may have that confidence.

They would be rewarded in the new permanent Golden Age Fascist America.

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