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Thanks for reminding us Mike Johnson is laying the groundwork for stop the steal 2.0 (let’s hope it is necessary as Biden wins in that scenario). His recent Ukraine aid bill notwithstanding, he was one of the worst offenders of the stop the steal movement 4 years ago. Liz Cheney’s book really showed who this guy is.

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"“I hope the country understands that we can’t keep getting this close to disaster. It’s not good.”"

Rep Jackson is at least partially correct. He's correct about skating too close to disaster over and over again, and he's also right that the recurring approach of ruination is a bad thing. My problem is that Mr Jackson says that he hopes Americans grok this. IMO, a vast majority of the country are already aware of the dangers but about half don't give a rat's patoot; these fine folk are much more concerned that their elected officials "own the Libs" at any cost. If the US goes down the toilet these people would be content just so long as *no* Dem/Lib/centrist come out of the approaching fiasco with any sort of success. There is no concern expressed just as long as their pet peeves and hatred of "the other" are acknowledged, complained about to the high heavens, and acted on to the best of the MAGAdroids. (I think that the MAGAverse is less concerned with results than they are with the political theater and how it speaks directly to their hearts.)

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(The following quotes are from TFG's "Truth" Social post unless otherwise noted)

"highly respected State Legislator, John McGuire, a true American Hero. John, who fought the Cartels on the Front Line"

McGuire is respected by who, exactly? Not even in my wildest imagination can I believe that a MAGAdroid has the respect of Dems, centrists, and that soon-to-be-extinct breed: Normie Repubs.

Furthermore, I was unaware that the Navy Seals were sent to Mexico to fight the cartels. Had this indeed happened I'm sure it would have made international headlines no matter how secretive Seal team assignments are. Plus, sending a military unit, of any size, into another country uninvited would be considered by most as an act of war.

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"I had the safest Border in history, built hundreds of miles of Wall"

Unmitigated bovine scat. Undocumented border crossing steadily increased during Trump's [sic] years in office:

"President Trump’s top policy priority was supposedly “border security.” But government data show that he failed to improve it. Border Patrol recorded 41 percent more successful illegal entries in fiscal year 2019 than in 2016 and was on pace for 47 percent more through four months of 2020." https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-border-policies-let-more-immigrants-sneak

And he didn't come close to building "hundreds of miles of Wall:"

"President Trump campaigned on the promise to construct a massive border wall, a project that has failed to meet expectations, with only 47 of the promised 800 miles built during his four years in office." https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/biden-trump-border-policies/

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"He is strong on crime, will protect our great Military/Vets, and will always defend our under siege Second Amendment."

I strongly suspect that Mr McGuire, like Trump [sic], might swear *by* the 2A but swears *at* the 1A, 4A, 5A....

(One more thing to keep in mind; TFG endorsed candidates tend to win their primaries, but as we witnessed in 2020 and '22 his picks tend to go down in flames in the general. Party extremists usually dominate during the primaries, but it is the Normies -- the centrist and moderate voters of each party -- who control the general election.)

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