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Aristus

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2. That problem being, they can't do or think of anything other than blaming Joe Biden for everything.

Reply to republianmushroom (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:01 PM

Aug 1

It makes for a convenient substitute for thinking. But sooner or later, you're going to run into your constituents at a town hall, and they're going to want more than convenient substitutes for thinking.

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