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JohnnyRingo

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1. I'll say.

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2022, 10:19 AM

May 2022

...and we can actually pinpoint the time frame behind it. The rules of civility went out the window with the election of the 1st black president when the party declared open season and anything goes. That marked the rise of the conspirator in chief, DJT

I believe it goes back further however to the Gingrich Congress when he made the statement "We don't want to beat the democrats, our job is to destroy the democrat party"

Such a stark statement at the time, I'll never forget it. Now they have that embroidered on couch pillows.

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I'll say. JohnnyRingo May 2022 #1

Yes- this goes back way Snackshack May 2022 #3

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I thought it was going to be drumpf's mouth. greatauntoftriplets May 2022 #2

... Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #4

I believe the moral rot started with Nixon FakeNoose May 2022 #5

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Yup, and it took 50 years to learn the extent of his crimes Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #10

Well done! BootinUp May 2022 #6

I see it going as far back as the founding fathers owning slaves, then genocide of Native American housecat May 2022 #7