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Scott Alan Swaggerty

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6. It seems like Republicans have more power when they have 49% of the govt than when we have 51%

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 3, 2025, 11:15 AM

Aug 3

We need to look at what they do. At what they did when Democrats had the White House, the House, and the Senate.

They complained about everything.
They turned everything into a scandal or a controversy.
They framed the debate.

They certainly weren’t doing “smiling more is my resistance” or writing books about it.

And they won.

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