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‘This is oligarchy’: Nearly 100 billionaires are funding Susan Collins’ reelection bid
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"But we need someone electable, someone both sides like!"
Yeah no, the "both sides" these people are referring to is the defensive and offensive wing of the same group.
You cant win elections appealing to "both sides".
How do we/ why would we appeal to people who are literally a combination of mind-bogglingly corrupt Traitors, Racists, and Pedophiles? What kind of a compromise do you cut with them? They are only allowed to do a little graft, treason, racism, and child raping? Just regulate it, to keep it at a reasonable level?
MAGA needs to be mercilessly crushed, and purged from our government and society. They don't get to contribute to the future of America. We allowed them to do that after the Civil War, and it led to this. We can't make that mistake again.
MAGAs rise and reign has been ugly, and we need to make their decline and demise even uglier, so future generations will learn harsh lessons from it.
Heritage foundation and Federalist fucks too
They all need treated like the traitors and seditionists they are.
You can, if you're appealing to the 1% of each side