Comments by "yankee2 yankee" (@yankee2yankee216) on "Brian Tyler Cohen" channel.

  1. Haitian immigrants are also escaping what is not only crushing poverty, but also severe gang violence and (?) government tyranny. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. They are desperate, and the US should help as much as humanly possible.
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  2.  @karenquinn3937 They are invited, welcome and wanted. They are contributing members of society. These Republicrap who are smearing them, who are inciting violence against them should be arrested!
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  3. Even if it does cost 1000X as much! At least then it will be spent in service to democracy, and not WASTED on a fascist.
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  4. We’ve seen him about 400M times… have we seen enough yet?
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  5. “How much longer” WHAT? All my best wishes to Jamie, one of my very favorite leaders.
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  6.  @Jay-be1os ​​⁠I know only one Haitian, an RN at a big Boston hospital, who found her way out of Haitian poverty and oppression, got an education and a good job in the US, and who now lives and supports her aged mother in Back Bay Boston, one of the best neighborhoods in town.
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  7. Vote Harris/Walz!
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  8.  @kevingeier3385 I bet you say that to all the boyz…
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  9.  @mile_high_topher  And we thought Trump wore expensive suits!
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  10. I’m with ruthie…
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  11. Money talks.
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  12. I think she should maybe keep him out of school then. The state cannot force a parent to send her child to public school if the state cannot make it safe, nor can it require them to provide something else that the parent cannot afford. Home schooling is out for many parents, for a variety of reasons (they already work too much and too hard, or their own educations are not very good, either). The state needs to do a better job, by providing universal, state-sponsored educations to all students of the appropriate ages. We already do that? Well, ONLY HALF WAY. The government needs to fund public education much better than it does today. I would like to suggest that in the future, public education should be universal, and funded centrally by the state, NOT by local town and city governments. In other words, education needs to be provided SOCIALLY. We’ve got to get over the truly idiotic idea that whatever serves society is bad! THAT attitude is nothing but capitalist greed, which wants the wealth of society to be concentrated in the hands of the few. Socialism, the system we are supposed (by the capitalists) to hate, distributes wealth much more evenly, so that EVERYBODY CAN BE RICH, if to a somewhat more limited degree…
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  13. Put Hungary out of the UN, and the West loses what little control we had over Orban. Why would we do that? We are better keeping Hungary in the UN.
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  14. MTG has a big mouth, but a very small brain!
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  15. Judge Bragg says that Trump made 34 false statements to cover up other crimes, a consideration that makes them felonies… So Trump is being charged with 34 felonies, and this is just the beginning! So far, the prosecution of Trump is proceeding as we should expect it to. By the time he is done, Trump should not, ever again, walk the streets as a free man. LOCK HIM UP!
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  16. The right would go INSANE! Oh, right. The right has been insane for some time now! The truth is, Obama and Biden have done nothing but good, while Trump has done, and proposes to do, nothing but harm! He has done more damage to America in 4 years than any other single man in history, including our foreign enemies! HE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.
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  17. What does it tell us that when Trump is indicted, his followers close ranks around him? I think it tells us that his followers admire criminality, especially if it serves, or seems to serve them! Is that a model most of us, especially a majority of us, who still have a moral compass, want to emulate?
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  18. Not a bad idea. Detach retirement incomes from the demonized term “social.” It’s extremely sick that “social” would be considered evil, but we live in a sick society (oops, there’s that evil word again!). We need to adapt. If not pressing the “socialism is good” argument for the moment will give us its benefits, then, we can play that game…
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  19. Let’s face it, Republicrap legislators are sending ONE MESSAGE to their constituents, “F-U.”
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  20.  @evangelinemunyan7934  The government gets a much larger share of working people’s incomes than it does of rich people’s incomes.
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  21. Not to mention a man who thinks he has a right to sexually assault women, a man who BRAGS about assaulting women, and who has in fact been found liable for having sexually abused a woman in civil court! It is very likely that if he were tried for the sexual crimes he has committed, in criminal court, he would be convicted (he wasn’t indicted for the sexual crimes, mostly because the political crimes are more broadly important, i.e. they are crimes against the nation, vs crimes against individuals).
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  22.  @AdamBladeTaylor  His Chief of Staff John Kelly, a 4-star general, totally apolitical, recently described Trump as a fascist.
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  23. That mug shot, which Trump no doubt practiced for hours, in front of a mirror, is intended to impress the viewer with its intensity, anger, hatred and contempt, for the very essence of America, our institutions, and the rule of law. Furthermore, they are an attempt to intimidate his enemies with those emotions! I say that with this portrait, Trump intends to intimidate EVERYBODY. His release on personal recognizance, and/or his bail (whichever is in force) should be revoked. He should rot in prison, until his fate is determined by the courts.
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  24. Of course there should be another debate, however, Trump is a coward! He would NEVER DARE! He got the worst thumping of his entire life last time. Is he going to come back for more? There will be no second debate!
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  25. What shocks me is that in 2024, it looks like as many as 50% of all American voters would CHOSE FASCISM… What is the matter with us? Let me give ya’ll MHO. The problem is capitalism, and gross economic inequality. When maybe 1/3 or even 1/2 of all Americans feel trapped by a system which gives all the benefits of government to the rich, and which denies ALL responsibility for the poor (who are poor largely because of the structure of the economy), people will become angry. We feel we are being cheated. Those people will, like Hamas and the Palestinians, eventually strike back, in the only ways that we can, with strikes and demonstrations. Furthermore, extreme, relentless poverty, while opportunities for escape are rare or non-existent, will drive people to violence… and to electing strong-men, and fascists. We are headed right down the middle of that road. If we remain on it, WE WILL BE DOOMED.
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  26.  @theresebortzfield188  Definitely, STACK THE SCOTUS to restore balance, or better, a liberal bias. The fact that Biden refuses to do that makes me wonder what side he is on! Does he WANT the radical, fascist right to have its way for the next half century???
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  27. “They,” meaning MAGAs and other Republicans, don’t care if America is “much better” for most of us, as long as they get their disproportionate share! They really could not care less about us or ours, and yet we elect them to govern us? How stupid can we possibly be?
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  28. Trump is violating the terms of his release with impunity. He is making a laughing stock of the courts. Trump is BEGGING to be locked up. We should LOCK HIM UP.
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  29. He MUST get a long prison term. If he were a young man, 40 years would not be unreasonable, given the magnitude as well as multitude of his crimes, and 40 years would be reasonable now.
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  30. ⁠Do you speak English as a second or third language, or are you simply, severely inarticulate?
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  31.  @danielee500 Trump is well known to prefer lying to telling the truth, even when telling the truth would serve him better!
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  32. According to the SCOTUS’ recent ruling, the POTUS has extraordinary powers, including the right to commit crimes under cloak of the presidency. The current POTUS should use them to address the threat imposed by Trump and other MAGAs.
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  33. The POTUS could (perhaps), for example, put Trump and his generals in prison, where they belong, without any legal issues resulting. That COULD be the end, once and for all, of the Trumpublican/MAGA movement.
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  34.  @annebalderston2520  I would argue that very likely, you are among the worst offenders. Typically for a MAGA/Trumpublican, you bring no evidence, and in your case, not even an argument! If you think your case is self-evident, you are a bigger fool than even I had guessed!
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  35. I predict that this carefully staged portrait will become an icon, around which Trumpublicans with gather. It will serve as inspiration for the cult that surrounds Trump, like the huge portrait of Big Brother in Orwell’s 1984… We should not underestimate the importance of this portrait of an enraged POTUS. Trump is using his power to manipulate the media to his distinct advantage. We need to make sure that he doesn’t SHIFT the advantage in his favor, right at a critical moment, the 2024 election.
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  36. Everything Trump says, every accusation he makes, fit Trump FAR better than anyone else!
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  37. ⁠That’s a lie. NOBODY is thinking that about Kamala. SHE is the best candidate we have ever had. Period. She will, if the MAGAs can be suppressed, do great things. SHE will bring us bright and shining into the 21st century; Trump would scrap all the progress of the 20th century, and drag us back into the dark ages! Harris will BUILD on the many accomplishments of the past; Trump will destroy all that, wholesale, and replace it with HIS UGLY, UNDERDEVELOPED, INSINCERE, DYSFUNCTIONAL FASCIST VISION! I don’t think ANYONE actually wants that. Americans who want sanity in their government will vote Straight Democratic in November. We need your votes down the ballot, so that we can control the Legislature, so that we can get work done. If the MAGAs are permitted to sabotage good work, purely for political reasons (i.e. to destroy us, their opposition), we will be lost… Please, do the cautious, rational thing. If you love America, Vote Democratic in November.
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  38. “His words coming back to haunt him” could be Trump’s middle name. He has ADMITTED most of his crimes! If he EVER testifies “I didn’t do it,” there’s a videotape that contradicts that testimony, in his own words! I’d say precisely what he is, but I might get censored (or worse sanctioned), so I’ll settle for “he is SO self-screwed!”
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  39.  @aki-senkinn I have little doubt YT suppresses commentary (I find them suppressing mine), but, where and how did it suppress your commentary? Tell us. We need to know.
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  40. Even before his skin hung in the balance, Trump was selfish beyond the pale! He’s a psychopath, aka a malignant narcissist, who is constitutionally incapable of considering anybody else’s interests over his own. We shouldn’t expect anything better from him! Psychopathy MUST disqualify Trump from office, even if the 14th (or the 25th) Amendment doesn’t, especially if the 14th or 25th doesn’t! When are we going to start pursuing those avenues?
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  41.  @keithferris9574 MALIGNANT narcissism… The name says it all, in fact “malignant narcissism is a form of narcissistic personality disorder that is highly abusive. People with this personality get satisfaction from hurting others and may manipulate people or lie to gain money, acclaim and other objects of desire.” Sound familiar?
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  42. We fought a war in Iraq, the longest and one of the most murderous, destructive wars in recent memory, supposedly to destroy SADDAM’S WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), yet we PERMIT any and every citizen (more in some states than others) to possess mini, hand-help WMD, without ANY restrictions! THAT IS TRUE EVIDENCE OF INSANITY! If Weapons of Mass Destruction made Americans safer, America would be the safest country in the world. IS IT?
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  43. It wouldn’t be unfair to sentence a convict before the election! THAT is merely informing the public that a criminal is running for public office. Isn’t that something we have a right to know, BEFORE an election that might put him in the WH for 4 long years?? Shouldn’t the public know what it is voting for?
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  44. Teaching children about sex is one of the JOBS of parents. ALL children must be sexualized, by the time they grow into mature adults. What should we do, wait until they are 18yoa? Until most youth have already had sex, and been exposed to potential disease and pregnancy? No. Sex must NOT be a mystery! And there is no reason it should be! The time to start to sexualize children is when they are approaching puberty, and then in stages for the next few years. By the time children have reached the age of consent, there should be no secrets. MOST of those secrets should be revealed by the age of puberty.
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  45.  @bonnieshall654  I call him Ron “DeSatanist.” Get it? Ron “The Satanist?” I think it’s HIGHLY appropriate!
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  46. Bernie Sanders, along with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and a very few others, is the most honest, dedicated, socially responsible, WOKE politician that ever walked the halls of Congress, and yet millions of Americans refuse vote for him! One can only conclude that those people do not want honesty, or justice! They want themselves in power, permanently, with all cash streams directed to them, and they will not settle for less! What MAGAs and other Republicrap want makes them THE enemy of the people! Foreign terrorists pale by comparison! We need more politicians like Bernie Sanders and AOC. Is there hope that The People will some day come to their senses?
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  47. The only reason we haven’t locked Trump up already is that we (i.e. somebody) fears retribution from radical Trumpublicans, including most Republicans! It remains to be seen how many run of the mill republicans actually resort to violence to defend their cult-leader, but it seems likely that there will be some. We should not fail to do what is necessary because we fear Trumpublican violence. If that is on the menu, eventually we are going to have to lock Trump up (I like “dispose of”), and provoke violence. If so, we might as well get it over with. Trump MUST be locked up. It appears to me, he will get a long term in prison.
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  48. The American people give you hope? They are the source of my despair! How, when given a choice between an honest, dynamic candidate and the Devil Himself, is the electorate EQUALLY DIVIDED? How can nearly 50% of all Americans choose EVIL, over goodness? It’s a mystery, but if Trump is chosen, the American Experiment is OVER. If Trump is elected, life in America will become Hell on Earth.
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  49. Trump never backs down, therefore he is wrong A LOT! Trump doesn’t care about the facts. Where have you heard that before? THEREFORE, NOTHING HE SAYS, OR DOES, MAKES ANY SENSE. He is the LAST person who should lead ANYBODY!
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  50. Down through history, for hundreds of years, that mug shot will DEFINE Donald J. Trump… That mug shot will be the single most important representation of Donald Trump and his presidency. Trump won’t need a painter to do his presidential portrait. THIS will be his most memorable portrait, by far, guaranteed.
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  51. I know one Russian citizen, through commerce, who left Russia right after Russia invaded Ukraine. He now lives right across the border in Finland! I don’t blame him one bit for leaving Russia. If he hadn’t, he might be dead by now! And for what? For one man’s ambition. It would have no role in making anybody’s life better, in fact, it is making millions of people’s lives infinitely worse.
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  52. Of whom several hundred thousand died unnecessarily, due to INSANE LEADERSHIP FROM WASHINGTON, namely, Donald J. Trump.
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  53. Trump is a fascist, in precisely the same mold as Hitler and Mussolini… He WANTS to be a dictator, and unlike his notorious antecedents, he ADMITS IT! He not only admits it, but he itemizes the crimes he will commit! He BRAGS that he will be above the law! He BRAGS about the crimes he will commit! And those crimes are TERRIBLE. Anyone who votes for him, who enables him, who sets this monster loose on the world… I hope they get what they deserve.
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  54. This time, if we elect him, Trump will become “the master of the world.” He wants no limit on his power, and if he becomes POTUS, he will have it! Mark my words, he will commit one historic atrocity after another! If Trump becomes POTUS, all the whining about our perpetually imperfect government will pale by comparison…
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  55.  @attilamarics3374  How so? Trump has openly stated that he wants to be a dictator, not just on day one! His behavior closely resembles that of major, historical (20th century) dictators, He admires contemporary dictators, at the expense of our allies. His plans include closing or gutting many governmental agencies, destroying them and the services they provided, forever, all so that HE can make all relevant decisions, i.e. DICTATE EVERYTHING. He plans to attack, jail and even execute his political enemies, people who have broken no laws, people who in fact have worked hard and served America and Americans faithfully. Just to be sure, Trump has himself recently been convicted of 34 felonies, and has been indicted for dozens more. He has bragged about assaulting women, and he has been accused of assault by dozens of women! He has displayed CONTEMPT for our fallen soldiers! He described them as “losers and suckers!” He has suggested that he would like to be a king, legally, not much different than a god! The SCOTUS has in fact placed the POTUS above the law; what could go wrong? But he is no god, is he? He is much more like a devil! If given the power, Donald Trump will destroy everything he touches, give nothing in return, and then refuse to relinquish power, likely until he is dead, and then J.D. Vance will take over. That is our future, if we let that devil Trump back in the WH. If that is what you want, vote for Donald Trump. If that scares the hell out of you, run like hell! Run like hell to the Democrats! Vote DEMOCRAT DOWN THE BALLOT, AND LET DEMOCRATS PROTECT AND PRESERVE AMERICA, AND THE AMERICAN WAY. The Trumpublicans won’t do that.
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  56. Trump is an INFINITELY WORSE CRIMINAL than “someone jacking cars in San Francisco.”
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  57.  @ballapeti  No, but he was an insurrectionist. That’s a small club and a point of similarity that cannot be ignored, especially when taken with everything else Trump has said and done. Trump is a fascist, in the classic mold. He is full-blown, and a danger to civilization.
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  58.  @AdamBladeTaylor  No one CALLS Trump Hitler, rather, we say that he bears a striking resemblance! Trump is not Hitler, and never will be Hitler, but he might be just as bad! Trump shows no sign of being a “minor fascist.” Trump is a full-blown “malignant narcissist, aka “psychopath.” Few psychologists/psychiatrists doubt that diagnosis, even if it was reached without a personal examination by the doctor. From his extensive TV exposure, we know more about Trump, his personality and his mental health than about anybody else. Such diagnoses may not pass AMA muster, but they are certainly suggestive that Trump is one sick puppy! There is very little doubt that Trump is a very dangerous man.
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  59. Trump took over the Republican Party largely with THREATS, threats of “being primaried,” i.e. funding an opponent for the “miscreant’s” office, or be the butt of false criticism, etc. That should be a clue to Trump’s favored methods of governing…
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  60. The Chinese DROP hypersonic missiles FROM BALLOONS??? That’s just ONE brilliant remark from Marjorie Taylor Greene!
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  61. Sorry, but Republicans CANNOT be humiliated. They have NO SHAME!
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  62. In the final analysis, Trump is the most BORING man on the planet…
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  63.  @ThatTexasGirl815 That tells us very little about you… you can’t do better?
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  64.  @PrestonTeska How so? 4 years ago we had huge tax breaks for the rich, increasing the national debt by $5Tn! There were cuts for the middle class as well, but they were smaller, and scheduled to expire about now. The cuts for the rich are PERMANENT! 4 years ago Trump policy permanently separated THOUSANDS of little children from their parents, failed to keep records of what child went with what parents, and THOUSANDS of children never saw their parents ever again! IMAGINE THE TRAUMA!* So you WANT to deny women sovereignty over their own bodies? You WANT to deny the single most essential factor that allows women to be equal to men? You want to eliminate abortion, and every life-saving procedure that resembles it? You want to eliminate birth-control? That is a major MAGA objective! MAGAs want women barefoot and pregnant, and tied to the home, so that they can’t compete with men. Is that what you want? Trump wants to be a king, totally above the law, who can murder his enemies with impunity. Is that what you want? If so, you are (or would be) the “scum of the Earth.” DON’T BE “THE SCUM OF THE EARTH!”
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  65. Democrats should take a lesson from Republicans and advantage of GOP laziness to seize government back, for The People. Given that all GOP resources are being directed to Orange Jesus, it should be easy to replace thousands of Republican officials all over the US with Democrats. The Republican Party is toast. It should be BANNED.
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  66. Gavin Newsom seems to me the best alternative to Biden. Newsom should not forget that if Democrats FAIL take the WH in ‘24, he will probably not get another chance in his, or our lifetimes. Once the fascists take over, IF they take over, democracy will be DEAD.
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  67. Trump wants to be all-powerful so that he won’t have to obey any rules, rules that he is too lazy/stupid/hateful to obey! Those rules were put in place for good reasons. His violations of them should be regarded as warnings, warnings that DJT is the very LAST man we should ever want in the WH. VOTE DEMOCRATIC IN NOVEMBER, or live to regret it forever.
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  68. If Trump gets back into the WH, Nancy Pelosi will be high on Trump’s hit list.
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