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Bok_Tukalo

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9. What mealy-mouthed garbage. Call it a fucking bribe! Out loud!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2025, 12:24 PM

May 2025

Hell, I think Rand Fucking Paul (R-KY) was more critical of the grotesquery.

Every damn Democrat (or Republican, for that matter) who steps up to a podium should start with, "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

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