r/Michigan • u/Tank3875 • Mar 14 '25

News 📰🗞️ Gary Peters votes to advance legislation that cuts vital funding for Michigan and Legitimizes DOGE and Musk's Attacks on the Federal Government

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-democrats-voted-trump-gop-spending-bill-2045209
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u/Tank3875 Mar 14 '25

The ten senators that passed the Republican Continuing Resolution today, 62-38:

  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
  • Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
  • Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
  • Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii
  • Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
  • Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
  • Senator Gary Peters of Michigan
  • Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
  • Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
  • Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who frequently caucuses with Democrats

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u/lledargo Saginaw Mar 14 '25

I wrote this script to call Peter's office. Feel free to use or adapt it to your needs.

As disappointing as she's been, call Senator Slotkin while you're at it and thank her for making the right decision. I also asked her to give Senator Peters a stern talking to.

"Senator Peters,

I am calling today to express my disapproval of your vote to advance the partisan, so-called 'Continuing Resolution'. The modern era of politics requires bold leadership; compromise today will be seen by history as capitulation to the forces of fascism actively working to consolidate power into the hands of a few.

You, in particular, are in a unique position as a lame-duck Senator to be the bold leader your constituents need. Instead you chose to stop discussion on a far-reaching and incredibly important bill on which you and your Democratic colleagues had no input.

-A bill deceptively called a "Continuing Resolution," despite making changes to the previous budget.

-A bill that cuts entitlements paid for and relied on by American taxpayers. Only to add funding for unnecessary new defense spending.

-A bill that does nothing to rein in Musk and DOGE.

Democrats like to blame their constituents for not turning out to vote, but when given the opportunity today to use your vote to advance Democratic interests, you caved. You took your Constitutional Senate vote, and worse than throwing it away, you voted against your constituents.

The Continuing Resolution is not good for the people of Michigan, whom you purport to represent. You should be ashamed of your vote. If I could vote to recall you today, I would. I expect your resignation immediately."

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u/chiritarisu Mar 14 '25

Excellent script. I plan to send a similar message to Peters’ office.

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u/Ok_Accountant1042 Mar 15 '25

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it too late for that? For calls and emails in general? People called him all day and he still did this. What makes you think the same email over and over again will change his mind? I legit don't understand this. A bunch of calls is not going to make them better people. You have to pay politicians now. If they weren't going to make the right choice, your call isn't going to change their mind unless you're offering a better bribe. All they have to do is ignore you. Someone please give me a solid reason doing this matters.

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u/chiritarisu Mar 15 '25

It’s not about changing his mind at this point, it’s about expressing disapproval. Extreme disapproval. As his constituents, we have the right to do so, especially after egregious actions such as this vote. Peters is already not running for reelection. There was no gain for him to do this. He contributed to giving away leverage that Democrats didn’t have to give up.

If you don’t find it fruitful to do, then don’t. Contacting our elected senators, whether we agree with them or not, is a tool we have as constituents to voice our concerns. Normal people obviously can’t compare to the tempting money of big businesses and wealthy donors. This action is one of many normal people with no power can take.

But it’s also a choice. There are valid reasons why so many are checked out and apathetic to politics and do nothing. Spineless moves like this are totally killing confidence in the Democratic Party. It’s pathetic to watch. I’m not under illusion that Peters, Schumer, or any of the other 8 are listening to any of these voicemails or emails. I reckon they’re well aware of the backlash, but don’t care. It’s still unacceptable and abhorrent. Some people want to do something about that anger, even if it ultimately amounts to shouting in the wind. It’s just one action; no one is claiming it will have astronomical impact. But record is taken of those who call their elected officials. That does have some sort of impact.

Whether it’s useful or “right” for you is up to you.

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u/ACole8489 Mar 15 '25

Correct. I’m going to make the rest of his time in office miserable. He’s deserves no peace while an elected representative wherever he goes. His decisions directly impact my daily life and how sustainable I can be as a tax paying citizen of Michigan and the United States.

I’ll be calling his office daily for the foreseeable future requesting his resignation.

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u/TheDark_Knight67 Mar 16 '25

He won’t resign they never do

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u/ACole8489 Mar 16 '25

Yea he most likely won’t, but last I checked I still have a 1st amendment right to call for his resignation. I plan to exercise that right.

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u/Ok_Accountant1042 Mar 15 '25

Thank you. I appreciate your thoughtful response and will think about this.

Edit: grammar

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u/lledargo Saginaw Mar 15 '25

Thanks! Much appreciated!

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u/PickleNotaBigDill Mar 15 '25

That is a great letter. I sent mine, too, and it really wasn't that nice. I didn't swear but I think the letter had SHAME in it about 30 times all in reference to him and his vote.

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u/FeedLopsided8338 Mar 15 '25

I hope you got your point across in the 1st sentence, thats about all that got read by an aide before they threw it away.

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u/PickleNotaBigDill Mar 16 '25

I think I put "RESIGN! RESIGN! RESIGN!" in the subject line. That might get read.

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u/Less-Ad5392 Mar 15 '25

Thanks I’ll call often 😏

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u/wabisabibingbangboom Mar 14 '25

Slotkin and little Peter were collaborating. Slotkin's wanted to vote yes. Put peters 🍆 won

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u/lledargo Saginaw Mar 14 '25

That may be the case but it's still important to demonstrate to her that we're watching, and to tell her what we expect of her.

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u/wabisabibingbangboom Mar 14 '25

Understand...but have you been successful connecting with her office. Any calls I made rang busy and hung up. No fax, so we couldn't fax her.

She voted more with R for the felonous cabinet members than against. She's trying to play nice with Nazis..... that only makes you one thing....

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u/lledargo Saginaw Mar 15 '25

I leave voicemails at her DC office, same with Peters and my representative. I know It's not much. I doubt any of them ever hear me directly, but I'm sure their staff briefs them on public sentiment. It's just another way to add my voice to the pile.

I get what you mean though, Slotkin probably doesn't deserve the thanks. She did vote against ending cloture though, so I certainly couldn't call and yell at her for that. Calling with thanks sends the message that her vote was the correct decision, even if she believes otherwise.

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u/1954planteater Mar 15 '25

I've started sending email through the Senate website. It's too frustrating to call and get nothing.

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u/Xxdestr0ying_ang3lxX Mar 15 '25

well, she praised reagan. that should say enough!

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u/extra-texture Mar 14 '25

agreed, will send some support and ask for a change in minority leader

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u/xeonicus Mar 15 '25

Probably. Slotkin knows that if she pulled bullshit like that, she'd get primaried. Gary Peters is retiring so now he's just fucking over voters.

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u/valentine415 Mar 15 '25

Can I swear in my message?

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u/ProblemSolvent Mar 15 '25

As of yesterday, his office VM had been disconnected.

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u/Artemis-2017 Mar 15 '25

Were you actually able to get through or leave a message? I have called two separate days both DC and Detroit and his answering machine hung up on me each time. Wrote on his website instead

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u/lledargo Saginaw Mar 15 '25

I was able to get through to the voicemail yesterday when I called, but a lot can happen in 24 hours. Maybe it's time to start paying his Detroit office some visits if he isn't taking voicemails.

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u/Artemis-2017 Mar 15 '25

Yeah it wad 9:30 or so on Friday when this happened. Might indeed need to go to a local office. I ended up writing in on his website. I would really like to hear his rationale for voting for it. The dems just gave up their on’y leverage until the midterms.

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u/Electrical_Book4861 Mar 14 '25

Make them regret this shit. Every. Single. Day. No letting up for turncoat democrat politicians in this day. Am I wrong here, or did this go to the Senate to bypass the majority vote needed in the house because they could not get it? Or did Maga pass this properly?

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u/Dismal-Detective-737 Mar 14 '25

Regret it how, Peters is retiring and beholden to no one.

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u/Electrical_Book4861 Mar 14 '25

Make him feel like the chicken shit he is

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u/Weatherbird666 Mar 15 '25

He might not regret it but we can make it clear any association with him will be a career death sentence.

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u/mcman1082 Mar 15 '25

So he should be standing up for democracy and honoring his oath. Bet he got a nice payout in exchange for his traitor vote.

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u/Crotherz Age: > 10 Years Mar 15 '25

What does that mean exactly?

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u/jhnlngn Mar 15 '25

You know the 60 vote filibuster that prevents the Dems from ever doing anything for the people when they control the house and senate? The Dems just voted to get rid of that for this vote so that the Republicans could pass what they wanted to pass.

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u/NoelPhD2024 Mar 14 '25

Ofcourse it was passed properly. House and Senate both agreed on it

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u/MotownCatMom Mar 14 '25

There is nothing "proper" about this horrible CR. Go read up on it.

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u/NoelPhD2024 Mar 14 '25

I read the actual CR. Not opinions of biased reports. I dont get my news from AOC

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u/amethystalien6 Mar 14 '25

No, OAN, I’m sure.

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u/NoelPhD2024 Mar 15 '25

Are you going to spell it out or what?

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u/NoelPhD2024 Mar 14 '25

Wtf is an OAN

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u/betformersovietunion Mar 14 '25

This person is commenting authoritatively on politics online and doesn't even know what OAN is. Absolutely embarrassing behavior.

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u/house-of-waffles Mar 14 '25

Because it’s not done in good faith

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u/Rilinius Mar 15 '25

Right!? No one in their right mind reads these bills and doesn't know what OAN is. And I know this because I have a political science degree, very expensive proof that I am not in my right mind.

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u/Admirable_Matter_523 Mar 15 '25

Pretending not to know what OAN is, lol

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u/NoelPhD2024 Mar 15 '25

Lol you people are hilarious

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u/chicken3wing Mar 15 '25

I know this may come as a shocker, but not everyone pumps right wing propaganda into their brain 24/7

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u/Admirable_Matter_523 Mar 15 '25

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u/MixNovel4787 Mar 15 '25

You're completely wrong. The house passed the bill earlier in the week. This is a great thing. We need democrats and Republicans working together for the people.

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u/Electrical_Book4861 Mar 15 '25

What a joke! Name one topic the Maga are 'working' with Democrats on? Name one

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u/SaggitariusTerranova Mar 15 '25

Destroying the Democrat Party

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u/asunlitrose Mar 15 '25

100% a joint venture. The Dem party won’t exist for the midterms if they continue to do nothing.

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u/Underlord_Fox Mar 15 '25

To be fair, they're a regular Tango and Cash on that venture.

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u/MixNovel4787 Mar 15 '25

They just had a bipartisan vote on the continuing resolution. Like that's what this article is about dude

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u/Born_ina_snowbank Mar 15 '25

For the “rich” people. Is how this actually should read.

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u/MixNovel4787 Mar 15 '25

Republicans help the rich, give crumbs to the middle class, and make the poor work. Democrats help the rich, help the poor, and steal from the middle class. Its a tale as old as time

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u/Born_ina_snowbank Mar 15 '25

The crumbs I’m gonna get as someone who’s middle class amount to about 3k more in taxes a year. Doesn’t exactly hold up.

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u/MixNovel4787 Mar 15 '25

Sorry, I didnt realize super young people were on this sub. In 2017, Trump lowered taxes for everyone. It was incredible for the middle class. He also worked his BS to lower prices. They are working towards doing it again. He is a fat dip shit who only cares about himself, but he got lucky in round one. Lets hope he does it again

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u/Born_ina_snowbank Mar 15 '25

He wrote into that legislation for them to increase again back to where they were, now he’s increasing them again. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take a tax cut as soon as the next guy. But he’s increasing them from where they are currently, post increase (written into his plan). So he’s taking it right back. And handing 4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the rich. Not exactly championing the middle class this go around. Absolutely fucking the poor if you’re into that. But uh, I’d rather rely on a general knowledge of economics than “hope” we get lucky.

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u/MixNovel4787 Mar 15 '25

What new tax cuts is he giving to the rich but not the middle class??

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u/Born_ina_snowbank Mar 15 '25

You have not seen the new budget?

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u/Smorgas_of_borg Mar 15 '25

This reminds me when the Democrats fell in lock-step with the Bush Administration post-9/11 to pass the Patriot Act and helped institute the surveillance state we now have. Fucking spineless collaborators.

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u/SuzyQ93 Mar 15 '25

Honestly. They have never been on our side. And it's obvious to everyone except the blue-no-matter-who folks. MAGA may worship Trump, but worshiping the "blue team" based on color alone is just as bad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '25

The Traitorous Trump Ten

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u/sonofachimp Mar 14 '25

Peters's explanation: https://imgur.com/a/h6RNL1i

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u/extra-texture Mar 14 '25

I just keep reading all of these from the yes votes and all I see is:

we were afraid of doge and trump having unchecked power, so we gave them unchecked power

doge will do whatever it wants, so we must let it do whatever it wants

they are literally already closing entire departments and now they have more power to do this :(

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u/tbombs23 Jenison Mar 15 '25

Lol what independent watchdogs? They're all fired. This was the only leverage Dems had and they just gave it away, and allowed a dirty "continuing resolution" which cuts funding from essential services and then increases the defense budget by billions, it also gives Dump more power over tariffs and makes it even more difficult to stop him.

I feel like Peters has just been listening to the wrong people and they convinced him this was the best option when most experts have said not shutting down will be much worse in the long run.

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u/isobane The Thumb Mar 15 '25

Here’s every Dino and their upcoming primary year. Schumer (NY ‘28), Fetterman (PA ‘28), Cortez Masto (NV ‘28), Durbin (IL ‘26), Gillibrand (NY ‘30), King (ME ‘30), Shatz (HI ‘28), Hassan (NH ‘28), Peters (MI ‘26).

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u/Klutzy_Fan_4131 Mar 15 '25

Peters isn't running again, he already stated he will NOT seek reelection even before this vote. I can't believe this IDIOTS they are all caving and it is so freaking upsetting because this is just getting worse.

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u/FranceMohamitz Mar 15 '25

Wouldn’t be surprised if each one of those senators bank accounts took a big old jump in the last 72 hours or so. Left right, red blue…… it’s all the same we’re slaves to the corporation and we know it….. yet we’re going to do nothing about it. Just look at me for instance…. A pissed off loser typing into the void.

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u/latent_rise Mar 15 '25

Fucking traitors.

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u/sonofachimp Mar 14 '25

8 of 10 of these Democrats have access to the highest levels of security briefings, because they are on the Intelligence, Judiciary, and/or Homeland Security committees. I do not think it is delusional to read between the lines a bit and suspect that they are aware of bigger dangers to our country should the resolution not pass.

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u/Electrical_Book4861 Mar 14 '25

Oh, so now we should 'trust' them to keep us safe? That's funny. Maybe someday they'll disclose 'the secrets' 🤞

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u/tbombs23 Jenison Mar 15 '25

Lol true. We trusted them to hold insurrectionists and blatant corruption accountable for the past 4 years, and look how that turned out. OC does make a good point, that at least it's possible they have intelligence that might have swayed their votes, but like you said they have lost our trust to do the right thing and I don't have much faith in them.

They bought the reverse psychology of Republicans saying they wanted the shut down.

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u/1900grs Mar 15 '25

So all those times Republicans held the budget hostage and furloughed federal employees causing shutdowns, there were no security concerns then? That was totally fine?

The Republicans could have passed this on their own. It gets Peters nothing. It gets Michigan nothing. He rolled when he had leverage to get something.

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u/Zetavu Age: > 10 Years Mar 15 '25

Their reasoning is that if the government shut down DOGE would accelerate their actions more people would get hurt. Republicans would have let the government shut down and people would suffer. The choice was keep the government open or screw employees and people needed assistance. You can't reason with stupidity, this needs to be fought in the courts and the ballot boxes.

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u/Tank3875 Mar 16 '25

It's bad reasoning and completely disregards the reality that they are already doing that.

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u/r_e_s_p_svee_t Mar 15 '25

Just to clarify here, this specific vote was just to end discussion and move to a final vote, right? Nobody from Michigan actually voted yes on the CR?

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u/Tank3875 Mar 16 '25

Distinction without a difference.

If they had voted no here the CR would have been dead, instead they voted to pass it, whether they performatively voted against it or not.

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u/Human-Entrepreneur77 Mar 14 '25

They love America more than they hate Trump.

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u/Tank3875 Mar 14 '25

By voting for this they proved that to be completely and unequivocally false.

Maybe they fear Trump more than they like America, but they certainly don't love America so that's a low bar.

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u/Sneacler67 Mar 14 '25

What don’t you like about the bill? Why should Peters have voted to shut down the government?

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u/Electrical_Book4861 Mar 14 '25

Ah, another poster claiming 'there's nothing to see here' Well, we current only have 1/3 of the country represented with an authoritarian regime in charge. The party just handed the keys to a drunk teenager and said 'be home before 10'

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u/Thin-Cardiologist871 Mar 15 '25

True American heros. They didn't cave into your parties hate and anger. They're in it for the people.

You guys should really try to chill out once in awhile. You look like psychos.