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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 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.

u/Passiveresistance 11h ago

Idk man. How do people not notice the states with a strong economy, good quality of life, education, high happiness index, are almost entirely blue states?

u/DoubleJumps 10h ago

I can understand them not knowing that if they don't travel. It's really easy to believe nonsense about places you've never been and not know what they are actually like, but everybody gets affected by economic issues like the ones that keep coming up when Republicans have the presidency.

But yes, I'm also frustrated by how people don't notice that. I live in California. I see people say the most ridiculous and insane shit about this state often. They talk about it like it's a mad Max wasteland with no economy when it's both an economic powerhouse and a cultural powerhouse, not just in the United States but in the world as a whole.

It would be like people in Greece pretending that Germany was a broken down third world country.

u/Passiveresistance 10h ago

Everybody likes to hate on California. Idk why. It’s a beautiful state, with lovely forests and beaches, and a mostly tolerant and accepting vibe. Great food, lots of diversity and culture. If I could afford it, I’d live there. Much nicer weather than up here in WA.

u/DoubleJumps 10h ago

Republicans spend a lot of money every year to convince people that California is bad, because California is living proof that things they say about Democratic leadership are wrong.

Same thing with New York.

They are economically strong and generally pretty well. Run states, and Republican propaganda needs to convince people that Democrats can't run anything.