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Martin Eden

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4. Dear Mike Lickspittle Johnson, let me help you understand

Reply to generalbetrayus (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:28 PM

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Sending military troops into Democratic cities has absulutely NOTHING to do with reducing crime. Your president is flexing his authoritarian muscles with an eye towards the 2026 midterms. Both you and he have REDUCED FUNDING for measures that are actually effective at further reducing crime, which has been declining for years in those cities.

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