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kwolf68

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21. Not just those staying home, those voting for the Scum

Reply to Gimpyknee (Reply #19)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:11 PM

Jul 1

Our nation is awash in spectacle. Trump exploited the "entertainers" model that there is NO such thing as bad publicity. The rock band Motley Crue wanted to be in the papers, if they were beating up women, dying, destroying property, or wrecking and killing people, the fact they were NOTORIOUS brought interest to them. And they sold records, millions of them. TRUMP did the same thing. He said the most outlandish crazy shit, even gave a blowjob to a microphone and WON the fucking vote. That's what we're dealing with. No idea what we can do.

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