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PatSeg

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24. Yes and they don't necessarily have a preference themselves

Reply to Skittles (Reply #23)

Thu Jun 8, 2023, 10:54 PM

Jun 2023

They're just playing the base. If you go back 30 or 40 years, they were saying almost identical things about some other group. Of course in addition, they always talked about cutting taxes and reducing the debt - wink, wink. It is truly amazing that people keep falling for it.

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