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Fil1957

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8. "The House speaker added, 'I run the protection program. We'll take care of you, OK?' " Really? Why doesn't

Reply to sop (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:40 PM

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Mike Johnson just come out and say "We have a bunch of crooks in the GOP and if we lose the midterms a lot of them are going to jail"?

That's what the midterms are about according to Republicans, apparently -- keeping criminals out of jail.

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