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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sun Dec 12, 2021, 09:56 AM Dec 2021

"Your people---your people, sir, is a great beast."

That statement is widely attributed to Hamilton, but there is no hard evidence that he said it or wrote it.

Whatever the source, that quote comes to mind whenever I see video of a Trump rally, especially the one held at the Capitol on January 6th.

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"Your people---your people, sir, is a great beast." (Original Post) Atticus Dec 2021 OP
The people have spoken, the bastards Walleye Dec 2021 #1
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