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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,026 posts)
Sun May 9, 2021, 09:45 PM May 2021

Trump's 'Big Lie' imperils Republicans who don't embrace it

WASHINGTON (AP) — Allegiance to a lie has become a test of loyalty to Donald Trump and a means of self-preservation for Republicans.

Trump's discredited allegations about a stolen election did nothing to save his presidency when courtrooms high and low, state governments and ultimately Congress — meeting in the chaos of an insurrection powered by his grievances — affirmed the legitimacy of his defeat and the honesty of the process that led to it.

Now those “Big Lie” allegations, no closer to true than before, are getting a second, howling wind.

Republicans are expected to believe the falsehoods, pretend they do or at bare minimum not let it be known that they don’t. State Republican leaders from Georgia to Arizona have been flamed by Trump or his followers for standing against the lies.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-big-lie-imperils-republicans-113633409.html

If they want to self-immolate on the altar of Donald Trump who am I to stop them.

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Trump's 'Big Lie' imperils Republicans who don't embrace it (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
Every where I look it seems it's getting harder and harder for the qgop to advance their lies PortTack May 2021 #1

PortTack

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1. Every where I look it seems it's getting harder and harder for the qgop to advance their lies
Sun May 9, 2021, 11:02 PM
May 2021

And keep the base fed their red meat. It’s really not that hard to figure out. Each lie has to be bigger and better than the last one, or they lose interest.

JMHO...but I see it cracking!

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