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Escurumbele

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5. Hey, he may have truly reformed, and he is saying the right things, there is very little for him to
Fri Mar 12, 2021, 06:04 PM
Mar 2021

win with his new self. We have to give him the benefit of the doubt because he is saying the right things about trump and the GOP.

But he said something extremely important "the GOP was lazy, and they went along with it instead of EDUCATING their base", and that is something that should be repeated over and over, not because it would hurt republicans, but because it is something Democrats need to hear.

What am I getting at? People like Joe Manchin, and the other one from Arkansas (my apologies, her name constantly escapes me), because everyone seems to want to excuse him when he votes along with republicans, and what I have been saying is that his constituents voted for him, they believed that he could do well for them, so instead of taking the side of "his republican friends" he needs to EDUCATE his constituents so stop the excuses of being in a red district and vote for their benefits.

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