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Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:21 AM Jul 2018

Trump is no longer our leader': Texas GOP lawmaker says it's time to impeach Trump after Putin meeti

When I was ten years old, over a plate of rice, beans and tortillas, I watched the evening news in front of an old Emerson 19-inch tube TV. On the screen was a man who looked like a grandpa, resembled the dad on “Father Knows Best,” and who spoke of a Shining City on the Hill — whatever that meant.

I didn’t know who Ronald Reagan was at that time, but I knew he was an honorable man. I knew that he cared for me and my family. And I knew that even though I did not look like him, I wanted to be like him: fearless, just, righteous — an American.

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I was one of the only Republican elected officials in the country to plead with the American voters to abandon this charlatan prior to his election. For my transgressions, I was summarily unelected from the Texas Legislature. I have no regrets. I always do what I believe is right. That is not politically expedient, but it helps me sleep at night.

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But what he doesn’t know is that you are not a fool. You, like me, are an American. And no man will own your heart and mind like this president thinks he owns you.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trump-no-longer-leader-texas-gop-lawmaker-says-time-impeach-trump-putin-meeting/amp/?__twitter_impression=true


By Jason Villalba, State representative, R-Dallas

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Trump is no longer our leader': Texas GOP lawmaker says it's time to impeach Trump after Putin meeti (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 OP
It's becoming clearer by the minute that Trump really fucked up. berni_mccoy Jul 2018 #1
Here's a link to his editorial calling for Trump's impeachment (instead of the Raw Story clickbait) oberliner Jul 2018 #2
Good suprcali Jul 2018 #4
Sorry to tell you this, Jason, but Reagan wasn't honorable. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #3
Jason is a big law firm partner who was defeated in the primary Gothmog Jul 2018 #5
From my twitter feed Gothmog Jul 2018 #6

suprcali

(108 posts)
4. Good
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:33 AM
Jul 2018

He isn't buying the weak do over like marco "jelly" rubio and the rest of the spineless gop.

7 republican senators went to russia to get along with putin during Independence day! Say it over and over!

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
3. Sorry to tell you this, Jason, but Reagan wasn't honorable.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:30 AM
Jul 2018

And Reagan's rhetoric helped give rise to Trump. Like when he made one of his first campaign speeches about "states' rights" less than 10 miles from where 3 civil rights activists were murdered.

Gothmog

(145,195 posts)
5. Jason is a big law firm partner who was defeated in the primary
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 12:37 PM
Jul 2018

Jason is a good man which is why he lost in the GOP primary

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