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34. So if he wins by 0.5% this time around

Reply to budkin (Reply #14)

Mon May 2, 2022, 07:11 PM

May 2022

That will qualify as "winning big." Or if he wins by three suspicious votes, that will qualify as "winning big." No matter what the margin of victory is, a Republican is always "winning big," and has a mandate to do whatever the hell he wants, because it was the will of the people. Oh, during the campaign he never mentioned some odious policy he wants to enact now? Well, he won, so it's the will of the people and he has carte blanche for anything his wealthy backers want.

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