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Cha

(297,196 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:13 AM Jun 2020

The contrast between Biden & Trump over the last 24 hours is stark. Trump will teargas citizens &



Tommy Vietor

The contrast between Biden and Trump over the last 24 hours is stark. Trump will teargas citizens and tear apart protestors and the nation for a photo op. Biden spoke to the country's pain and promised leadership, accountability and decency.



Joe Biden

“I can’t breathe.”

George Floyd’s last words. But they didn’t die with him. They’re still being heard. They’re echoing across this nation.

It’s a wake-up call for all of us.



Andrew Bates

The "mayhem that preceded the walk — barely 1,000 feet from the symbol of American democracy — evoked images more commonly associated with authoritarian countries, but that did not bother the president, who has long flirted with overseas strongmen"
https://www.
nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/
politics/trump-walk-lafayette-square.html




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The contrast between Biden & Trump over the last 24 hours is stark. Trump will teargas citizens & (Original Post) Cha Jun 2020 OP
K&R, after the next 16 yrs of dem rule I'd like the executive branch to have less power uponit7771 Jun 2020 #1
BLOTUS has so much "power" bc of moscowmitch & the other Cha Jun 2020 #2
+1, I'd only trust it if we were under dem rule. I no longer trust the republican party to protect uponit7771 Jun 2020 #3
Exactly.. they're under Putin's rule.. if they Cha Jun 2020 #4
K&R brer cat Jun 2020 #5
Great post Cha Gothmog Jun 2020 #6

Cha

(297,196 posts)
2. BLOTUS has so much "power" bc of moscowmitch & the other
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:37 AM
Jun 2020

Treasonous repub Senators.

What if we had a Dem Senate along with our Dem House? Hopefully we'll have all three in January 2020

Mahalo for the K&R, uponit

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
3. +1, I'd only trust it if we were under dem rule. I no longer trust the republican party to protect
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:32 AM
Jun 2020

... the US from enemies foreign or domestic.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
4. Exactly.. they're under Putin's rule.. if they
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:35 AM
Jun 2020

aren't they should quit acting Precisely like they are.. moscowmitch didn't get that name for nothing.

But they are

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