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Odoreida

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1. On gay issues, Trump is basically an empty suit.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 12:13 PM

Nov 2019

No history of being anti-gay before running for president. Even doing some equivocally pro-gay things as president.

But still a Republican wanting the votes of rank and file Republicans who hate hate hate gay people.

I think of it being like Mussolini and Jews. On the way up Mussolini had nothing against Jews in his rhetoric, and even had some Jewish supporters. But when he needed to make nice nice with the Nazis ...

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On gay issues, Trump is basically an empty suit. Odoreida Nov 2019 #1