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displacedvermoter

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3. I remember Steve Schmidt telling me from an
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 05:26 PM
11 hrs ago

airport the night before the '24 election how badly Trump was going to get beat the next day.

Part of our current political nightmare stems from how good a job folks like Schmidt, and Rick Wilson, etc did softening up people, pushing the boundaries. Making fun of Max Cleland who was blown to pieces in Vietnam, led to making fun of John Kerry and Al Gore serving in Vietnam, and now there are no limits to what MAGA can say or do, and it has become as natural for the cult as can be.

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