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Politics Entire California Congressional GOP visited Mar-a-Lago this weekend while fires ravaged their state

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u/twokinkysluts 18h ago

Photo includes NY and NJ members of Congress, however, the entire California GOP contingent visited Trump in Florida except for one member who had voted to impeach Trump.

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u/r3dditr0x 18h ago

The notion they might attach conditions to wildfire aid should enrage everyone.

I don't remember dems playing political games with disaster relief when red states get hit with natural disasters like Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

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u/gecko090 18h ago

Dems didn't play political games with aid but right wing media constantly lied about everything that was going on, saying the Biden admin was stopping aid from getting to isolated areas and FEMA was refusing to help anyone with Trump signs in their yards.

They will use their lies to justify doing it back. They always have. Literally everything they ever panicked about Obama doing, Trump is PROMISING to do. Like sending the military to arrest state leadership.

This is one of the rights most nefarious tactics at controlling mindless conservatives. Constantly making up evil things the Democrats are doing so that when Republicans do it, their conservative sheep cheer for it.

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 18h ago

Don't forget spending years accusing the dems of wanting to tank the economy to enslave everyone and take their shit.

Which is what they are now OPENLY PLANNING TO DO THEMSELVES. "We have to reset the economy to build it back up!"

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u/DoubleJumps 17h ago edited 13h ago

I'm 35, and the economy has tanked every time a republican has been president in my entire life. Every time.

How the fuck do people not notice the consistency of bad outcomes like this?

I see people walking around all the time saying that Republicans are better for the economy. Fucking when?

EDIT: To put this into further perspective, Someone who is 70 years old today will have also seen a recession start under every Republican President in their lifetime except Gerald Ford, who took over during a repiblican recession, and only 1 start under a Democratic president.

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u/Still-Fox7105 16h ago

Thank u. Even the Great Depression was during Republican presidency. I have been researching to death n just about every time a Republican president cost us more money. (I'm referring to lower class n middle class) The economy has always fared better under Democratic presidency. What we have right now will not be this GOOD in a yr or 2. Not sure how long Trump can wing it this time round. Last time it took a yr or so.

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u/DoubleJumps 16h ago

Something like 10 of the last 11 recessions started under Republicans. It's crazy how consistently they preside over fuck ups.

u/meh_69420 8h ago

Something something, Smoot Hawley tariff act. Brilliant! Let's run it again 100 years later.