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B.See

(8,856 posts)
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 05:18 PM Oct 2025

GOP spreads increasingly desperate and dangerous LIES to shift blame for THEIR shutdown

IT'S ABOUT HEALTHCARE, STUPID

GOP spreads increasingly desperate and dangerous lies to shirk blame for their shutdown - Rawstory

As public polls show that Americans blame Republicans for the government shutdown, Republican lawmakers are now spreading a dangerous lie that Democrats are waiting until an Oct. 18 No Kings rally in Washington, D.C., to give them the votes they need to fund the government.

"This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes," Johnson (LIED) in a news conference, referring to the peaceful No Kings rally in which average Americans plan to show up to voice their opposition to Trump’s shredding of the Constitution.

Ultimately, the reason the government remains closed is because Republicans are refusing to negotiate with Democrats—who want to ensure that subsidies that help millions afford their health insurance will be extended to prevent people from seeing double-digit increases in their premiums.
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GOP spreads increasingly desperate and dangerous LIES to shift blame for THEIR shutdown (Original Post) B.See Oct 2025 OP
Antifa Reporting yankee87 Oct 2025 #1
They lie. And often their lies are dangerous. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #2
Everything a pretext for a hostile B.See Oct 2025 #4
Yup. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #5
The genie is out of the bottle insofar as No Kings GenThePerservering Oct 2025 #3

yankee87

(2,860 posts)
1. Antifa Reporting
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 05:22 PM
Oct 2025

Old people, like me, who can't drive at night are clearly Antifa. Also, I thought all Democrats are woke and can't fight according to MAGA. I'm so confused.

yellow dahlia

(6,453 posts)
2. They lie. And often their lies are dangerous.
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 06:49 PM
Oct 2025

They are trying to create a narrative regarding the No Kings rally that is baseless and indeed dangerous.

B.See

(8,856 posts)
4. Everything a pretext for a hostile
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 11:14 PM
Oct 2025

military invasion of American cities, and martial law, with Americans being terrorized and treated as the enemy.

GenThePerservering

(3,707 posts)
3. The genie is out of the bottle insofar as No Kings
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 08:06 PM
Oct 2025

Few except the real brain-dead MAGAs are going to believe that No Kings is somehow anti-American.

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