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OAITW r.2.0

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 01:35 AM Oct 2025

Are Congressional Republicans effectively de-nutted at this moment?

Not sure how to explain the few Republican women. Maybe "concerned"?

On edit - Who is leading the Republican House majority. QUISLING No smarts. principles, or ideas....just trying to serve Trump to survive.

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Are Congressional Republicans effectively de-nutted at this moment? (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2025 OP
they either believe in everything being done or are stone cold cowards nt msongs Oct 2025 #1
Yes 🚫, 🏐🎾🥎⚾️🏀⚽️ Bread and Circuses Oct 2025 #2
The irony of the Republican style of "leadership" unblock Oct 2025 #3

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3. The irony of the Republican style of "leadership"
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 02:11 AM
Oct 2025

Is that there can be only one in their world. Which means that everyone other than the one leader is constantly being trained to be a follower, a conformist, a sycophant, a beta.

Key traits of leadership -- independent vision, decision-making, judgment, etc., are actively squelched and punished.

And so we have a Republican Congress filled with people with no spine, no independent thought, no ability to stand up for any principle, if they even had one other than blind loyalty....

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