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Biden's VP search puts spotlight on how long he might serve if elected

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There are rumors he's actually going to pick Kamala "That little girl was me" / Yeah Tupac for sure" Harris for his running mate.

Biden has not ruled out running for a second term

He's not gonna get a first term.

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“Mike Pence would be inheriting eight years of a tsunami,” Hauser said of Trump's legacy.

Pence would just carry on Trump's legacy. The Trump legacy will include his failures as a 'war time president'. The number of deaths from the virus continue to increase while he - and Pence - use their media in attempts to remove themselves from any responsibility for the slow start to fighting it and from the institutional bungling still going on. While pointing fingers at 'others'.

Included in the legacy will be a devastated economy, one that is hard to imagine can regain the strength it had had for decades. And the greatest budget deficit in history.

The legacy will include a nation that from its beginnings has been divided and that is now split even further along race, ethnicity, religious and class lines.

Trump and Pence will be remembered as America's Humpty and Dumpty.

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Biden's intellect is far superior to Trump's, and Biden is willing to learn about policy issues, unlike Trump. Biden doesn't have Trump's obsession with crackpot conspiracy theories, and Trump is by far the less honest of the two. Biden also understands the US Constitution, unlike Trump, who thinks he can do whatever he wants.

Trump and his allies lie incessantly. Biden's campaign could spend all their time and money playing whack-a-mole trying to address every falsehood but why bother? Trump never has a shortage of new lies.

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Biden's intellect is far superior to Trump's....

… as is my neighbours cat.

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The article and several posts brings to mind the lead musical number of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”.

Biden is rarely known for sticking to a script, and the comments are evidence of his candid style.

”Candid style”? That’s extremely charitable. What’s left of his mind has taken to wanderlust. “Candid style” actually describes Trump’s.

Pence would just carry on Trump's legacy.

Pence won’t run in 2024. A much stronger and younger candidate will.

Biden's intellect is far superior to Trump's, ... and Trump is by far the less honest of the two.

“Biden’s intellect”? LOL.

“... the less honest”? Nice partisan way of avoiding “Biden doesn’t lie as much as Trump”. Did you, poster, “drink your lunch”? If you are unfamiliar with this phrase, look up the circumstances of the death of Biden’s first wife and the entirely false accusation he made - and never retracted - about the truck driver.

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Biden doesn't have Trump's obsession with crackpot conspiracy theories

Trump will be tweeting all kinds of outrageous conspiracy trash in the coming months and his supporters will be praising him for ‘telling it like it is’.

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Pence would just carry on Trump's legacy. The Trump legacy will include his failures as a 'war time president'.

What failures?

The number of deaths from the virus continue to increase while he - and Pence - use their media in attempts to remove themselves from any responsibility for the slow start to fighting it and from the institutional bungling still going on. While pointing fingers at 'others'.

Well, why would they be responsible considering what they have been doing, particularly when Trump ordered the closing of international travel from and to China, it was a good thing he acted on that, most of the governors praised him, so if these normally dodgy Democrats can praise him for doing an outstanding job who are we to quibble?

Included in the legacy will be a devastated economy,

This is what China wanted, but back to the dodgy part, now that these Democrats got all the help they needed, they want to keep people locked down and it’s a very bad strategy that’s increasingly backfiring on them and helping Trump...las well as his legacy.

one that is hard to imagine can regain the strength it had had for decades. And the greatest budget deficit in history. 

Again, lift the lockdown in areas where there are no new infections, make testing mandatory, focus on the hot spots, allow people to go back to work provided that people follow the social guidelines and strictly enforce them and all should be ok, remember: poverty kills too and liberals need to eat as well, even the vegan ones.

The legacy will include a nation that from its beginnings has been divided and that is now split even further along race, ethnicity, religious and class lines. 

Great example! California and NY have been like that forever and all the more reason you don’t want the rest of the country to follow in its footsteps.

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Biden's intellect is far superior to Trump's

I felt sick to my stomach after reading that.

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Biden political life is a failure, He is a politically correct candidate with no spine. He is not a leader or a follower.

He only exists for the far right to manifest their agenda.

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Two old white elitists running for President. Wow, times never change.

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This is what China wanted, but back to the dodgy part, now that these Democrats got all the help they needed, they want to keep people locked down and it’s a very bad strategy that’s increasingly backfiring on them and helping Trump...las well as his legacy.

Indeed, the legacy as of today of 90K American deaths in only three months - that's a legacy no other US President can claim...

I suppose Trump supporters consider that "winning"...

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"zero days" is how long he will serve.

Even if he wins (very unlikely), the strings will just be pulled from behind the curtain.

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Biden is not even officially the candidate yet and he is already taking everyones progressive ideas and putting them into his own "platform".

What happened to good ole Joe, the moderate? this guy is nearly indistinguishable from the Bernie/AOC side of the Dem party. We might end up getting Bernie after all, just in a Biden skin suit.

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nobody really wants to talk about Biden at all, cant change the topic back to Trump fast enough.

Just proves Biden isnt going to win, and 50/50 to be replaced.

So, who will be Bidens VP pick and how long will Biden serve?

I think he has no choice but to pick Kamala Harris. which helps him to win the election in no way really.

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Joe Biden, his VP choice and how long he might serve.

Anyone? Anything to say?

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Well, seems pretty clear to me;

You can pick a guy who elected to serve his country in the Congress, had a tragedy where he lost his wife and child in an accident but still continued to serve, help enact many civil rights laws, served successfully as Vice President, and someone even Lindsey Graham has called "as good a man God ever created"...

Or you can choose the guy that ducked his service to his country with a fake medical excuse, lost two wives (so far) by playing around with other women - and had a fling with a porn star on the third wife, says some white supremacists are "very fine people", has bankrupted six companies (to date), and who Lindsey Graham has called a "nut job", a "loser", and a "xenophobic, race-baiting, religious bigot"...

Oh, and the latter has also killed 90K Americans to date...

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So what do you think about my idea of choosing AOC as his vice? How do you think she'll be if the unthinkable should happen, and she becomes president?

Can anyone say New Green Deal?

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Indeed, the legacy as of today of 90K American deaths in only three months - that's a legacy no other US President can claim...

We never had China unleash a virus as deadly as this one in our time you can claim as well.

I suppose Trump supporters consider that "winning"...

Opening up the States to allow people to work, yes.

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Well, seems pretty clear to me;

You can pick a guy who elected to serve his country in the Congress, had a tragedy where he lost his wife and child in an accident but still continued to serve, help enact many civil rights laws, served successfully as Vice President, and someone even Lindsey Graham has called "as good a man God ever created"...

With all due respect to Lindsey, he’s said a lot things about people, even his Democrat colleagues and even this,  “Nobody has done an investigation anywhere near the Mueller investigation against the Bidens. And I think they should. And when this is over, the Congress will do it if we can’t have an outside entity. I think it’s very important to find out what happened.”

Or you can choose the guy that ducked his service to his country with a fake medical excuse, lost two wives (so far) by playing around with other women

He wasn’t the first nor the last President to do this, speaking of previous Presidents....

and had a fling with a porn star on the third wife,

interns are ok?

says some white supremacists are "very fine people",

No, he did not.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/26/joe-biden-donald-trump-charlotttesville-fine-people-neo-nazis-column/3588970002/

Oh, and the latter has also killed 90K Americans to date

More would have died had he not taken the decisive act of closing off all travel and especially from China.

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Well, seems pretty clear to me;

You can pick a guy who elected to serve his country in the Congress, had a tragedy where he lost his wife and child in an accident but still continued to serve, help enact many civil rights laws, served successfully as Vice President, and someone even Lindsey Graham has called "as good a man God ever created"...

With all due respect to Lindsey, he’s said a lot things about people,

Thanks for agreeing with me...

Or you can choose the guy that ducked his service to his country with a fake medical excuse, lost two wives (so far) by playing around with other women

He wasn’t the first nor the last President to do this, speaking of previous Presidents....

Another agreement - thanks...

and had a fling with a porn star on the third wife,

interns are ok?

And one more - thanks again...

says some white supremacists are "very fine people",

No, he did not.

Yes he did...

Oh, and the latter has also killed 90K Americans to date

More would have died had he not taken the decisive act of closing off all travel and especially from China.

More are dying - every day...using his words, during his "reign"....

https://www.politico.com/blogs/south-carolina-primary-2016-live-updates-and-results/2016/02/gop-debate-2016-trump-911-219260

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ineligible due to not meeting the age requirement.

So what do you think about my idea of choosing AOC as his vice

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Thanks for agreeing with me...

I didn’t on any of it.

Yes he did...

No, he did not.

Quote: " I will tell you something. I watched those very closely -- much more closely than you people watched it. And you have -- you had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that, but I’ll say it right now. You had a group -- you had a group on the other side that came charging in, without a permit, and they were very, very violent."

Reporter: "Do you think that what you call the alt-left is the same as neo-Nazis?"

Trump: "Those people -- all of those people – excuse me, I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. But not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue of Robert E. Lee."

More are dying - every day...using his words, during his "reign"

Either way, people are going to die, if we go by what the Democrats want, we will never open the country until a vaccine is discovered and that can take years, but to be honest, I hope liberals keep it locked down because it help him since he’s pushing to have the country re-open

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I would honestly laugh if Biden chose Hillary as VP. The right would have a fit!

Realistically though, she's a has-been.

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Anyone looked at Trump's tweets today?

Some Trump supporters on Long Island heckled and cursed a local reporter simply for reporting their protest against the lockdown. Pretty nasty people. Trump tweeted his approval: "People can't get enough of this. Great people!"

Then we've got Don Jr. calling Joe Biden a "pedophile" on Instagram, then saying he was just kidding, and accompanying that with several photos of Biden with kids.

Joe Biden is decent human being. Donald Trump is not.

Character counts. A lot.

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 if we go by what the Democrats want, we will never open the country until a vaccine is discovered and that can take years

A couple of things about that. First of all, no Democrat has proposed keeping everything locked down until a vaccine is developed. If I'm wrong, prove me wrong.

Secondly, you seem to be disagreeing with your Lord and Savior about how long it'll take to develop a vaccine. Trump claims it'll happen before the end of the year. I guess you've still got one foot left in "listen to Dr. Fauci" territory.

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and what actions do these photos display in the Biden interactions with children? (and other people's wives)

Are the photos not authentic?

and accompanying that with several photos of Biden with kids.

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LA will never fully reopen until there is a "cure". This is just Dems doing all they can to avoid in person voting and to keep Biden in the basement until election day.

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/05/13/coronavirus-covid-los-angeles-la-county-mayor-health-reopen-vaccine/

A couple of things about that. First of all, no Democrat has proposed keeping everything locked down until a vaccine is developed. If I'm wrong, prove me wrong.

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I would be amazed if she took him up on the offer. It would be a clear demonstration that she has no principles and that she's a hypocrite and politrickster. We all remember her emotion during the exchange with Biden during the debate. She called him on his racism and said how she suffered because of it. She's totally against Trump because he's a racist. I don't see how she could reconcile her principles and hitch her cart to Biden's. Unless she's just full of it.

Oh, how soon they forget...Lindsey, you're on...

July 2015: “I think [Donald Trump is] uninformed about the situation regarding the illegal immigrant population. I think he has hijacked the debate. I think he is a wrecking ball for the future of the Republican party with the Hispanic community and we need to push back.”

August 2015: “Well, Donald Trump’s plan on immigration is stupid. I find him offensive. His solution is just constitutionally flawed. It’s not practical. I don’t think there’s 10 votes in the United States Senate for this plan. I promise you no Democrat’s going to vote for this, I certainly wouldn’t vote for it. You’re not going to get 11 million people out of this country. That’s just not practical, that’s going to kill the Republican Party. It’s self-deportation on steroids.”

December 2015: A Trump nomination “would be an utter, complete and total disaster. If you’re a xenophobic, race-baiting, religious bigot, you’re going to have a hard time being president of the United States, and you’re going to do irreparable damage to the party.”

December 2015: “You know how you make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell. He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represents the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for. … He’s the ISIL man of the year.”

January 2016, on choosing between Trump or Cruz: “It’s like being shot or poisoned. What does it really matter?”

March 2016: “If Trump is the standard bearer, it’s not about 2016, it’s about losing the heart and soul of the conservative movement. I’m not going to stand behind a guy that gets David Duke’s support. What is it about Trump’s campaign that David Duke likes? I don’t think he is a reliable conservative Republican. So it’s no longer about winning the election for me, it’s trying to salvage a party that I love and conservatism as I know it.”

May 2016: “When it comes to women and Hispanics, Trump polls like Lucifer.”

May 2016: “I…cannot in good conscience support Donald Trump because I do not believe he is a reliable Republican conservative nor has he displayed the judgment and temperament to serve as Commander in Chief.

https://americasvoice.org/blog/12-times-lindsey-graham-rebuked-donald-trumps-candidacy/

So tell us again about a hypocrite and a "politrickster"....

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Lindsey isnt now trying to be the Vice Presidential nominee from the person he said all that about. He talks a lot, but actually does little to support Trump anyway.

Kamala Harris is begging for that VP role. Because she knows no one would actually vote for her to be President. She already tried that and got between 0-1% in her own party.

Biden invited Stacey Abrams on TV with him the other day, she just knew she was going to get VP. He embarrassed her in front of everyone and didnt offer it to her. Just talked about how useful her work is to his election campaign. Oops.

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Oh, how soon they forget...Lindsey, you're on...

Ok, so that was in 2015-2016 and he’s changed like so many of us and like so many did with the previous President and?

LA will never fully reopen until there is a "cure". This is just Dems doing all they can to avoid in person voting and to keep Biden in the basement until election day.

Yeah, that would seem to be the stupid plan as of now.

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Thanks for agreeing with me...

I didn’t on any of it.

Sure you did - you didn't deny any of it - you just said (falsely) that some other people do it too...you know, "That's True, But What About".

Yes he did...

No, he did not.

Yep, he did;

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18517980/trump-unite-the-right-racism-defense-charlottesville

More are dying - every day...using his words, during his "reign"

Either way, people are going to die, if we go by what the Democrats want, we will never open the country until a vaccine is discovered and that can take years, but to be honest, I hope liberals keep it locked down because it help him since he’s pushing to have the country re-open

Uh-huh - more people are going to die - on whose "reign"?

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A couple of things about that. First of all, no Democrat has proposed keeping everything locked down until a vaccine is developed. If I'm wrong, prove me wrong.

Ok, they want to keep the country locked down at least for another 2 months which I can tell you now won’t happen, now if these governors want to see their jobs go to Republicans, keep them locked down until then, I guarantee you that won’t happen, the people won’t accept or tolerate it. Again, liberals need to eat as well, even Vegans.

Secondly, you seem to be disagreeing with your Lord and Savior about how long it'll take to develop a vaccine. Trump claims it'll happen before the end of the year. I guess you've still got one foot left in "listen to Dr. Fauci" territory.

He can hope that, we all do, Fauci said so himself he was hopeful, nothing wrong with that.

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Lindsey isnt now trying to be the Vice Presidential nominee from the person he said all that about. He talks a lot, but actually does little to support Trump anyway.

Hey, if you want to diss Lindsey fine by me - he's on your team....unless of course, he still thinks Trump should be "ISIS Man of the Year"....

Thanks for the long winded straw man interjection.

You're welcome - always glad to help. I especially liked that; "Tell Donald Trump to go to hell. He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot."

Lindsey pretty well nailed it there, didn't he...

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and what actions do these photos display in the Biden interactions with children? (and other people's wives)

Maybe before implying anyone is a pedophile, Donald Trump Jr should adress the fact that his own father said on television the one thing he has in common with his own daughter is "sex". And agreed that it's okay to call her a "piece of ass". And said that he would date her if she wasn't his daughter.

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none of which explains or excuses the Biden photos. how do you feel about those?

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Hey, if you want to diss Lindsey fine by me -

I’m not, many of us were wrong about Trump....and many of us were wrong about all Presidents at one point or another. Democrats on the other hand will just agree follow in lockstep, first they all jumped all over Joe and now that the smoke has cleared from the rubble, he’s the last man standing and now the Dems have to hold their noses (especially Kamala) and just go with Biden, took Obama forever to begrudgingly endorse him.

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Seriously, I have never met an actual "ride or die" Biden supporter.

I have met people who will vote for him when he is the Dem nominee. or because of who he picks for VP.

But I have never met a single person that claims "Biden, yeah he's the man". just low energy and low enthusiasm for voting for him.

Some people are energetic to go vote against Trump of course, but for Biden? Not seeing it. Those who are only voting against someone else generally talk a lot, but get busy doing something else on election day.

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Hey, if you want to diss Lindsey fine by me -

I’m not,

Not you, your fellow Trump supporter...you just agreed with my post. So, you agree with Lindsey that Trump is a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot"?

many of us were wrong about Trump

So very true, many of you were wrong about Trump - you probably didn't think you were voting for America's first Socialist President in 2016...

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Seriously, I have never met an actual "ride or die" Biden supporter.

Would you prefer cult-like fanatics like Trump supporters?

Biden was a fine VP. He'll be a fine president. Not my first choice personally, but side-by-side with Trump, he comes out ahead in literally everything except for his ability to tweet and troll.

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Thats why the Dem 100% mail in voting is so critical. More people might find the time to mark Biden's name and seal an envelope and put it back in the post box. But only if a ballot is sent to their home without even having to ask for it to be sent. Trump voters on the other hand. will camp out overnight for days if needed.

Dems need to get in the car, drive down to the polls, wait in long line, drive back home. Thats too much effort for a lot of people just to vote against Trump. especially when they feel he will win anyway.

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Seriously, I have never met an actual "ride or die" Biden supporter.

I have met people who will vote for him when he is the Dem nominee. or because of who he picks for VP.

But I have never met a single person that claims "Biden, yeah he's the man". just low energy and low enthusiasm for voting for him.

Well, in the media bubble you live in, that's not surprising...

But I tend to agree - and that's a good thing. It shows unlike the Repubs, the Dems haven't turned into a sick, satanic cult...

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Not you, your fellow Trump supporter...you just agreed with my post.

As you did mine. All the Democrats that scoffed at Biden roasted him are now scrambling to be his VP pick, people change.

So, you agree with Lindsey that Trump is a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot"?

He doesn’t say it now.

So very true, many of you were wrong about Trump

About Obama, Bush, Clinton etc....

you probably didn't think you were voting for America's first Socialist President in 2016...

Then I would have voted for Hillary.

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exactly my point. Whats good about Biden? "hes not Trump". thats not nearly enough.

Same as 2016, didnt work out for you then either. people stay home when they have no enthusiasm.

Well Im sure Dems will call that "voter suppression" when you lose again. But I call it "voter indifference" due to lack of quality of the Dem candidate. again.

Not my first choice personally, but side-by-side with Trump, he comes out ahead in literally everything except for his ability to tweet and troll.

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none of which explains or excuses the Biden photos. how do you feel about those?

Posting pictures of him kissing a kid's head to imply he's a pedophile? I feel that it's an absolutely disgusting and reprehensible new low for the republicans to sink to.

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Dems need to get in the car, drive down to the polls, wait in long line, drive back home. Thats too much effort for a lot of people just to vote against Trump. especially when they feel he will win anyway.

How DARE people not vote the way you think they should. How DARE they. Plebs.

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exactly my point. Whats good about Biden? "hes not Trump". thats not nearly enough.

Actually, it is. Trump's the incumbent. Mid-term elections are always a referendum on the incumbent.

Biden just has to sit back and let Trump continue to talk about the virus. November become's Biden's then.

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Posting pictures of him kissing a kid's head to imply he's a pedophile? I feel that it's an absolutely disgusting and reprehensible new low for the republicans to sink to.

The fake news whiners are the fake news content creators.

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Not you, your fellow Trump supporter...you just agreed with my post.

As you did mine. All the Democrats that scoffed at Biden roasted him are now scrambling to be his VP pick, people change.

Roasted? Didn't see anyone call him "ISIL Man of the Year"... Lindsey nailed that one too...

*So, you agree with Lindsey that Trump is a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot"?*

He doesn’t say it now.

But he said it then - on the record - agree with him?

So very true, many of you were wrong about Trump

About Obama, Bush, Clinton etc....

Bush - yes!

you probably didn't think you were voting for America's first Socialist President in 2016...

Then I would have voted for Hillary.

Yep, like i said, surprise! You voted for our first Socialist President in 2019!

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No one even supports your candidate. Its just "not the other guy". that should trouble you.

But you know you are going to lose, again. Most of you cant even vote in an American election anyway.

So its just internet message board talk.

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nice narrative, but the photos are real. Its up to voters to decide how they feel after seeing them.

The fake news whiners are the fake news content creators.

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No one even supports your candidate. 

Sure. That's why he won the primaries : nobody supported him, I guess.

Most of you cant even vote in an American election anyway.

How do you vote, by the way? Mail-in?

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nice narrative, but the photos are real.

They sure are.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/republican-presidential-candidate-donald-trump-kisses-his-daughter-picture-id621792120

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nice narrative, but the photos are real. Its up to voters to decide how they feel after seeing them.

Whines about fake news. Justifies fakes news. Whines about not being able to have an honest discussion. Makes it impossible to have an honest discussion.

This is why we can't have nice things.

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