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I’m going to go devils advocate here… first Rand Paul, now Ted Cruz. When things break they’ll break quick, and as distasteful as both of these guys are, they’re not the dumb ones like Grassley, Bobert, or MTG. They smell something in the wind or they wouldn’t have the courage to speak out. Could we be witnessing the beginning of a schism?
Even if you're right this movement is far from critical mass yet. I'm thinking at least one month will have to pass before there is enough pressure for Congress to even vote on taking back the tariff power .
True, and a lot of damage would be done in that time too.
they are vultures, they are hoping enough damage is done where they can sitll grift and then they will swoop in.
Yup. I phoned my friend just to say I called it too
Musk spent 10s of millions on a state supreme Court election, like 10x the campaign spending of the other side, and lost
If musk and Trump can't influence elections, their threats of primarying anyone who steps out of line is empty. Their support won't save their seats either
People are so angry they can't even appear in public without being screamed at... And what happens the next day? Trump destroyed the global economy single handedly and went golfing
There's some true believers... But mostly, Republicans are going to do what keeps them in power. And the Trump-Elon power couple isn't it... Even the media has started to back away from propogandizing their actions