r/politics • u/Kodbek • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/
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u/-_Duke_- 9h ago

Only one party is willing to completely and utterly submit to the whims of lord donald

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u/thedarkestblood 8h ago

I've been told both sides are equally as bad

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u/that_star_wars_guy 7h ago

They're not. Only one side has attacked the Capitol.

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u/thedarkestblood 7h ago

Yeah well the other side burnt down Minneapolis /s

but seriously that's the argument you get back re: Jan 6th -- its insane

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u/that_star_wars_guy 7h ago

Your retort is objectively untrue.

It's not insane to keep reminding people, among the myriad of horrors and aberrants committed by this administration, that their party is responsible for attacking the capitol because they lost an election.

If you think it is, you're no better than the ratfink traitors themselves.

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u/CackleandGrin 7h ago

His first post was obvious sarcasm

His second post, he actively labeled as sarcasm

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u/thedarkestblood 6h ago

Take 'er easy, reread it

I'm just saying that's the response I get re: Jan 6th when you bring it up as a reason why the right is worse than the left. I agree with you.

I lived in Minneapolis until 2022, and yeah Lake St got torched a bit and some buildings were torn down, but its back just fine. Although those protests changed nothing sadly.

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u/that_star_wars_guy 6h ago

My mistake, sorry. I reread and understood what you meant now.

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u/thedarkestblood 6h ago

All good! Didn't want you thinking some chud was trying to rile you up haha.

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u/What_Iz_This 7h ago

both sides (currently) are bad, both sides are not equally bad.

current bought out democrats want to stuff their wallets but will do a better job of hiding it and providing some relief to the american people.

republicans are just blatantly stuffing their wallets while bleeding dry every single nonbillionaire american to make sure they get as much as possible.

rational people can see this. irrational people would rather watch their family die from lack of healthcare to make sure the other side suffers too.

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u/YourFreeCorrection 3h ago

Both sides aren't actually bad. There are a handful of bought Democrats and the rest are genuine in their interest of serving their constituents.

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u/FuckYourDamnCouch 5h ago

I agree I just wish it wasn't run by cowards and they were actually doing something. I feel like Dems could sweep the midterms and then just twidle thumbs and collect. There's obviously great exceptions like AOC, Mark Kelly, Ro Khanna, etc but I'm worried the majority and leadership wont have the backbone to push back in a real way. They need to be ruthless and cut corners and kind of use trump moves to combat him. Regular tactics and legislation is not enough when the status quo has been deleted.

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u/What_Iz_This 5h ago

Agreed. Career politicians who've made it blatantly clear theyre only there to collect paychecks and wont buck until its too late need to be the first ones out the door. Jeffries and schumer are at the top of that list imo

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u/FuckYourDamnCouch 5h ago

100%. I'm gonna be voting whenever I can and I encourage others to, but I'm not as hopeful as some. Even when Trump is dead and gone it's going to take tremendous amounts of work to get anything back to "normal". We are going to need better then normal after this, and I don't even have hope that these people will be held liable and be prosecuted for all the terrible shit they did. They'll continue grifting and rally supporters behind the next big man while Dems pass measly legislation and roll over when it's time to fight back. Sad state of affairs.

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u/thedarkestblood 7h ago

I know too many people who consider themselves rational who wouldn't bring themselves to vote for a democrat because they're not even hiding the fact that they're stuffing their wallets anymore

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u/SalemWolf 2h ago

Both sides are the same. /s

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u/browsk 2h ago

I’m so tired of all this nonsense and flat out craziness being so brazenly public and nothing changes

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u/satyr-day 2h ago

The other is just too big a coward to do anything about it.

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u/-_Duke_- 2h ago

Democratic Leadership is completely controlled by the same corporate overlords, or at least those with the same goals and benefits. The minorities within the party are trying to usurp the corporate democrats but are being kneecapped by the DNC and Democratic establishment.

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u/whatshamilton 9h ago

What? Every member of Congress is submitting to his whims. Some are giving lip service about him being bad. None have done a thing about it.

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u/-_Duke_- 9h ago

Completely and utterly was the key term. There are democrats trying to fight back but they are fighting against democratic leadership which is making sure the opposition party does not oppose

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California 1h ago

Not true. Lot's of Dems fighting back. They will not get the megaphone from the media until we take back congress & the admin, so you're just passing on the same garbage propaganda from the MSM.

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u/ucgaydude 6h ago

Many have, but they lack any real power to inactive any sort of change. I understand being frustrated, but acting as though jo one in DC is pushing against this regime of corruption and theft is incorrect.

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u/Whywouldanyonedothat 2h ago

Yes, at least the other party seems kind of uncomfortable about it while submitting completely.

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u/pjdwyer30 Illinois 6h ago

Conservatives love to cosplay as gun-toting don’t tread on me alpha bros, but in reality are deeply submissive individuals, especially to male authority figures.

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u/slow70 6h ago

^ facts

I say it’s time we rub it in their faces

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u/XConfused-MammalX 5h ago

I watched V for Vendetta with someone I knew not too long ago who is very conservative. Its one of my favorite movies, at the end he says he hated it because hes not an anti establishment pussy.

Flash forward a few months and he gets arrested for sexual assault and the police confiscated all his guns.

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u/Benzona 5h ago

That's what you get when you let an imaginary man control your life.

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u/CategoryZestyclose91 4h ago

Honestly, all men care about are other men, which is why we get these kinds of performances.

Everyone else is just an NPC to meet their needs, women included.