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senseandsensibility

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 03:43 PM Sep 2024

Jim Himes says the American people are too gullible falling for Russian propaganda [View all]

and I agree. He seemed genuinely angry yesterday on MSNBC when he was commenting on the Russians bribing RW influencers to repeat their talking points. And I agree, it is infuriating that maga is such a bunch of low-info marks.

But to call the American people gullible is not helpful. If you're going to go there, call out who needs to be called out: the rightwing base. Otherwise, people who are listening will just tune out such warnings and think he is talking about someone else.

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