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Silent3

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3. If you want to consider hypothetical nightmares...

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 11:53 AM

Jan 2021

...I think the scariest would have been Democrats not getting the House in 2018. That was the biggest key to keeping Trump and the Republicans from grabbing up all power in a way that would have been nearly impossible to reverse, not for a very long, dark time.

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How much different would we feel had we lost the runoffs [View all] Tribetime Jan 2021 OP

Don't Know, Don't Care, We Didn't Me. Jan 2021 #1

.... Sneederbunk Jan 2021 #16

What if we lost the election? mobeau69 Jan 2021 #2

We could have empedocles Jan 2021 #7

If you want to consider hypothetical nightmares... Silent3 Jan 2021 #3

Very useful hypothetical - how we won that empedocles Jan 2021 #8

The runoff were icing on the cake TheRealNorth Jan 2021 #4

I said this a million times during the Democrat Primary, and into the general... SKKY Jan 2021 #5

I don't agree that it's more important. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #12

A Democrat controlled Congress would have have much, much more power... SKKY Jan 2021 #17

That's the thing Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #6

The last 2-1/2 months have turned out to be very useful, as trumpism is well exposed. empedocles Jan 2021 #9

It's exposed, but far from dead Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #10

I am cautiously optimistic Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #13

Social media can be the key Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #14

Nice summary........ MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #11

But we did not. MineralMan Jan 2021 #15