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ShazzieB

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67. I think David Plouffe's comments have been misconstrued.

Fri Dec 31, 2021, 09:05 PM

Dec 2021

Plouffe is no radical, he is very soft spoken, he went on to say that we will have president Trump until he dies, then Jr. then Ivanka, then Barron. That is exactly what David Plouffe said tonight.

I missed it last night, set my DVR for the late night/early morning rebroadcast, and just watched it a little while ago. And my impression was a little different, in that I don't think that comment was meant to be a literal prediction, but rather an observation that for the Republicans who are trying to get control of our elections, that is a worst case scenario they would be fine with. It was sort of an exaggerating for effect kind of thing.

I would quote the exact words if I could, but I didn't think to write them down. Anyhow, that is my take, fwiw.

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I think David Plouffe's comments have been misconstrued. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #67