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patphil

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1. So, now he's not willing to call it off.

Reply to Fla Dem (Original post)

Sun May 23, 2021, 01:38 PM

May 2021

Now he's in the, "it's not over" camp.
Shining the light of truth on the January 6th insurrection would hinder all this carnival sideshow crap going on in Arizona, and perhaps soon in several other states.
A bipartisan commission might upset a lot of apple carts; might bring some Republicans to the docket; might actually bury their chances of taking back the Congress in 2022.

We certainly can't have that now, can we Rep. Gallagher?
Hypocrisy is a major piece of the Republican Party's policy.

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So, now he's not willing to call it off. patphil May 2021 #1

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