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BarbD

(1,211 posts) Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:45 PM Feb 2021

Watching an old 1931 movie about bootleggers, gangs, mobsters and crooked politicians. Know what it reminds of -- the 2021 Republican Party.

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We've seen these crooks before. (Original Post) BarbD Feb 2021 OP

GOP: Gangsta Oligarch Party magicarpet Feb 2021 #1

And I hate the lies they tell to slam our Ds DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #2

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1. GOP: Gangsta Oligarch Party

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 12:52 PM

Feb 2021

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2. And I hate the lies they tell to slam our Ds

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:01 PM

Feb 2021

For example, that Joe Kennedy made his fortune as bootlegger: FALSE.

Mayor Daley stole the 1960 Presidential election for JFK: FALSE. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/08/heres-a-voter-fraud-myth-richard-daley-stole-illinois-for-john-kennedy-in-the-1960-election/

That John Kerrey wasn't a war hero: FALSE.

And, of course, HER EMAILS: FALSE.