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I don’t want to be that guy, but in fairness, ol’ boy didn’t actually say “biblical republic” (He just wheeled out the old “constitutional Republic” bit).

Doesn’t make this any better, but I want to be sure we criticize with facts.

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Amen

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Republicans (see, it’s right there in the name) have been openly mocking people who think we live in a democracy for literally my entire life

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The whole “Constitutional republic” thing is a old John Bircher talking point from what I can tell.

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The only horseshoe theory is “america isn’t a democracy” and the critical difference is the appendment of “and that’s good, actually”.

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I hope that there’s a huge blue wave, and it stays blue, just so that I can say to them “America is a Constitutional Democracy, not a Republic”.

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I remember I had a thought that maybe they feel the need to claim so because the line that they were going into Iraq to establish democracy created lots of democracy fans (however misinformed about the US’s goal they were) that would otherwise be part of the republican base.

It’s probably just because their policies are actually deeply unpopular and they need a fig leaf to cover for the fact they’re pursuing legal-but-undemocratic means to achieve their ends.

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This is why they kicked out McCarthy. This batshit motherfucker is going to drive so many voters to the Dems. Keep amplifying his insane bullshit.

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This batshit motherfucker is going to drive so many voters to the Dems. Keep amplifying his insane bullshit.

Surely boosting far-right candidates won’t backfire again

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It worked flawlessly for Hilldawg

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If we just keep platforming fascists eventually people will start voting for our milquetoast fascist-lite candidates who offer no solutions to any problems!

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lol, lmao

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This batshit motherfucker is going to drive so many voters to the Dems.

Did I miss a memo and there’s suddenly a dem worth voting for? Until we get a non-warmongering climate crusader as a dem candidate, my vote’s going to Afroman. (Obligatory >:( from the brainwormed; saw that coming lmao)

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This batshit motherfucker is going to drive so many voters to the Dems.

Rich Republicans will continue voting for whoever taxes them the least. Poor Republicans will continue voting to spite their perceived opponents (minorities, gays, “the woke mob”).

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Normies actually believe what he says.

Look at 4chan, there’s no shortage of idiots who want to believe that porky is our lord and savior and they’re actually the good guys when they go around ruining other people’s lives “for teh lulz”.

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I am begging you to stop whinging about “normies”, as well as pretending 4chan is a reasonable representation of the general population when it’s q freaks and reactionary societal outcasts.

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Ah, but with just one swing of this handy church-state separator…

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This is revisionism

Divine right of kings go thump in the bucket

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What are the first ten word of the first amendment you hold so dearly when a minority asks you politely to be nice?

WHAT ARE THE FIRST TEN WORDS, MOTHERFUCKER!?

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They don’t care.

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As if they’ve ever bothered to read any part of that document aside from the second amendment.

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