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11. And hand selected by the koch brothers in her first election

Tue Jun 3, 2025, 07:10 AM

Jun 2025

They spent unheard of at the time amounts of cash to buy this senate seat from Iowa.

She was given the counterpoint slot to the state of the union to contrast that "evil black Muslim man" with a "pure wholesome, white, mother, veteran" within two years of being in the Senate.

She has switched her allegiance to the Magat wing but she has always been a puppet for the real power behind the rethugs... billionaire donors who pull all the strings.

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Spot on. Yet these red state Glaisne Jun 2025 #10

And hand selected by the koch brothers in her first election JT45242 Jun 2025 #11

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