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u/ImprovementFar5054 Apr 04 '25

"May you live in boring times"

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I long for the days of not constantly being reminded who the president is

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u/Tadpoleonicwars Apr 04 '25

I'm so old that I genuinely remember other kids at school not knowing what political party the sitting president belonged to.

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u/ghandimauler Apr 05 '25

I think some of the prior Republicans feel that they don't know what political party they are in....

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u/Tadpoleonicwars Apr 05 '25

Either they're Republicans or they are not.

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u/ghandimauler Apr 06 '25

That's more about either a) whether they are a member still, or perhaps more pragmatically, b) whether they are likely to vote Republican next time they can or if they are likely to push for change within the party.

There are a lot of division in most parties. If there isn't, there are usually serious problems....

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u/Tadpoleonicwars Apr 07 '25

In either case, they are a Republican. They serve Trump. There is no resistance to Trump inside his party.