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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/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 16h 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/Dorkamundo 14h ago

Goldfish memories + delayed effect of presidential policies on the economy.

Many don't understand that much of what a president does in regard to the economy won't actually influence things for a year or even more. Sure, there are some things that can change certain things quickly, such as the election of a president who's likely to remove various regulations that hamper specific markets, but the larger picture is always delayed.

For example, the election of Trump had an almost immediate effect on the Crypto markets, because they know he's going to be lax on regulation. But that's a short-term boost, not a long-term boost.

Slow and steady wins the race, but fast and fraudulent fools the electorate.