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CrispyQ

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30. I have the same question.

Wed May 14, 2025, 10:23 AM

May 2025

Especially since so many of them have harped endlessly about personal responsibility, but when it comes to their three votes for a totally unqualified candidate, crickets. As he takes a sledge hammer to 250 years of work they're silent. I haven't heard a peep from my trumper relatives.

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GOOD! Hed get my vote! nt CousinIT May 2025 #52

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