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Bluetus

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8. Few of them ever wanted to be Trump lackeys.

Reply to surfered (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:48 PM

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It was just the best option they saw at the time. That has flipped 180 degrees (well, maybe 120 degrees) in the last 60 days.

There are still some MAGA types, but they can read the polls.

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