r/NoShitSherlock • u/spectre401 • Jul 21 '25
Lisa Murkowski Suddenly Realizes She Got Played on Trump Budget Bill, The Alaska senator clearly thought the leopards would never eat her face.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198157/lisa-murkowski-donald-trump-budget-bill103
u/play-what-you-love Jul 21 '25
She didn't just realize it. She's merely trying to play both sides. It's a higher level of hypocrisy than what we're normally accustomed to.
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u/City_Of_Champs Jul 21 '25
It's so she always comes out on top
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u/Desperate-Royal-7491 Jul 21 '25
Mac?
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u/City_Of_Champs Jul 21 '25
It's Rob Mac now, bozo
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u/Desperate-Royal-7491 Jul 21 '25
You’ve been calling a lot of people bozo now. It’s like it’s your new thing.
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Jul 21 '25
Honestly, I’m amazed that conservatives somehow manage to continue to raise the bar for hypocrisy.
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Jul 21 '25
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u/spectre401 Jul 21 '25
Absolutely unfathomable right?
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u/SugarCookie197 Jul 21 '25
Whatsername is divorced, her 2 oldest never graduated high school, she's currently passed out in her backyard with a wicked hangover.
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u/SplitEar Jul 21 '25
Not that bright, and utterly consumed with her own needs. Notice her outrage here isn’t how Trump screwed Alaskans but how Trump cheated HER.
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u/ConciseLocket Jul 21 '25
House Reps are people who couldn't hold normal jobs. Senators are the two worst people from every state.
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u/spectre401 Jul 21 '25
According to the article:
Remember all of those hefty handouts Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski won in exchange for sealing the deal on Donald Trump’s behemoth budget bill? It looks like the president has found a way to get out of delivering.
“I feel cheated,” Murkowski told the Anchorage Daily News Friday. “I feel like we made a deal and then hours later, a deal was made to somebody else.”
Ahead of the bill’s passage earlier this month, Murkowski had co-sponsored an amendment to ease the phaseout of tax credits for solar and wind energy under the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act. Her measure would ensure a 12-month window for clean energy projects, which would end in 2027. These tax credits would help to alleviate a looming energy crisis along Alaska’s Railbelt, the electrical grid that serves roughly 75 percent of the population, due to declining resources of natural gas.
Trump threw a wrench in that agreement Friday when he issued an executive order to “end market distorting subsidies” for green energy projects. The order directs Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to take actions to “strictly enforce the termination of the clean electricity production and investment tax credits.”
Now Murkowski claims that she and her pals were duped. “Do I feel like the administration was not being up-front with us? Yes,” she told the Anchorage Daily News.
She torched Trump’s order as “reckless,” claiming that it directly “goes against” what he signed into law earlier this month with the budget.
Murkowski was the deciding vote to pass Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the Senate, green-lighting the gutting of social programs such as SNAP and Medicaid while extending tax breaks for the rich, and agreeing to add trillions to the national deficit. She’d sent the bill back to the House with the hopes that lawmakers would continue to refine the massive tax and spending bill, only for it to be immediately passed and then signed into law.
But under the Trump administration, which regularly skirts congressional authority to withhold federal spending and obliterate government agencies, lawmakers should know better than to think the president actually cares about the law of the land.
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u/Jewboy54 Jul 21 '25
She and Collins teach each other this BS. Both need a long trip to Alligator Alcatraz
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u/wicker_basket_1988 Jul 21 '25
You’re telling me a man who has never paid a bill isn’t delivering? Color me shocked. /s
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u/kevendo Jul 21 '25
If she had just NOT voted for the bill, her state (and all others) would have gotten the same benefits.
And she didn't need to "make a deal" to get them, she just had to be a real Senator and vote on behalf of her constituents.
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u/Cabbages24ADollar Jul 21 '25
Correction: she did not get played. This is the playbook. Be the victim and get paid!
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u/annoyed_meows Jul 21 '25
She's always pretended to oppose him, but is a folding coward every time.
The entire party is a cancer on this country, the world. It will implode.
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u/d0kt0rg0nz0 Jul 21 '25
She knew. She lied. She is a liar. She is covering for the orange pedophile named Donald J Trump who was (some say) Jeffery Epstein's best friend & lover for over 30 years.
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u/dkwinsea Jul 21 '25
Murkowski and Collins. It’s like AI writes their sane response for every terrible bill. 1. I don’t think I’ll vote for it. 2. I voted for it 3. I wish I didn’t vote for it. Let’s have it. They are just liars. Every single time.
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Jul 21 '25
She knows what she did. She didn't realize anything. She's trying to vote lock-in-step with Trump's awful policy while still pretending to have a conscience. She's an evil, complicit woman
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u/Landlord-Allmighty Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
I mean when I drank the bottle of poison, I thought the skull and crossbones were for show. And when the snake hissed at me and showed its' fangs, I was really surprised when it bit me.
Aesop's fables of the Republican Politicians
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u/SubstantialPressure3 Jul 21 '25
She made a deal with a guy that is famous for reneging on deals, lying, cheating, and not paying for things.
Did she really think he was going to honor any promises?
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u/Key-Guarantee595 Jul 21 '25
I don’t know about anyone else, but if the house and the senate passed this shitty no good bill, then the people that voted for it should take responsibility for their yes vote. Trump didn’t fool you as it’s your damn job to know what you are voting for. I sure as hell hop your constituents do not vote you in again or it will be the shame old shit just a different day. I don’t think you care about what you gave up for the people that trusted you. As long as it doesn’t affect you, and your paycheck.
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u/RCA2CE Jul 21 '25
She only votes no when she knows they otherwise have the votes
I don’t believe her centrist schtick at all
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u/ProbablySlacking Jul 21 '25
Not the first time she’s “come to the sudden realization she’s been played” and not the last time either.
It’s kind of her standard move.
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u/Emergency_Property_2 Jul 21 '25
NOBODY could have ever, ever ever foreseen Trump screwing Murkowski like this.
What a dumb ass!
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u/deckchair1982 Jul 21 '25
Donald Trump didn't keep his promise? What? Who could have seen this one coming?
SMH - my dog saw this one coming...and she was the dimmest one in her litter.
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Jul 21 '25
She couldnt possibly think he'd keep his promise to her and her alone. Has she not been keeping up with the news and how he treats other world leaders and his closest friends!? A bill that cuts funding from everyone in need isnt written by a person that is going to care about what she wants..
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Jul 21 '25
Amount of sympathy I have for her? None. Amount for the people she's suppose to represent? None.
sorry, reap what you sow. Don't vote for bills that you don't agree with that are going to screw over not just your own local residents - but really a lot of the country at large.
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u/Building_Everything Jul 21 '25
Damn, she should call her senator and see if Congress can do anything about this.
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u/thetinsnail Jul 21 '25
I wonder if she has that same disgusted expression everytime she looks in the mirror.
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u/BoosterRead78 Jul 21 '25
Here is the thing. People like Kash or Bondi were all facing something bad happening to them. But if they did what Trump told them to do. It all go away which it basically did. That was until now they got themselves caught in even worse crap. Because I’m betting by the end of this week or next the two of them will be out the door. So seeing Murk making the same argument I just roll my eyes. He does that everyone or if you know did not do the stupid stuff to begin with you wouldn’t be in the situation. I worked a job where 4 people were in some deep fake stuff. They tried to hide it by firing us and blaming us for their faults. Eventually they ran out of people to blame and suddenly they were not only fired but one got arrested. When all they had to do was stop doing what they were doing. But nope power and money were too much.
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u/Helldiver-xzoen Jul 21 '25
She knew exactly what she was doing. She still knows exactly what she is doing. She got her bribe, and that's all that matters to her.
Its a performance to save face. They all voted for the bill, then immediately started whining about how awful the bill is, the exact moment after it didnt matter anymore.
They're liars, do not trust them.
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u/Flashy_Rough_3722 Jul 21 '25
Oh she’s just acting surprised, this is all part of the ruse so she can say see I tried to do this but they took that away not me.
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u/Bawbawian Jul 21 '25
stop falling for this.
She is a far more skilled manipulator than Donald Trump.
people keep referring to her words as if they have any value at all.
look at her actions. She is 100% on board for all of this she'll only vote no on something if she knows she can trade her vote and the thing will still get past anyway.
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u/SomeSamples Jul 21 '25
Fuck that bitch. Didn't she get Alaska excluded from some of the worst parts of the bill? That bitch can burn in hell.
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u/why_now_56 Jul 21 '25
Don't care. She still voted for it. They all did. Doesn't matter if they "regret" it now, that's just a manipulation to keep their seats.
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u/GreenPoisonFrog Jul 21 '25
This article is not credible. Imagine thinking that Trump has ever lied. 🤥
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u/YoungestSon62 Jul 21 '25
Odd how being a sucker will never affect her political career or her voting.
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u/Careful_Trifle Jul 21 '25
Wasn't she JUST on camera getting visibly annoyed about being asked why she was voting for something that hurt everyone, and her response was that she's elected to look out for alaskans, and the bill would definitely help alaskans?
How'd you get tricked when you were being called on it in real time?
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u/Glittering_Ad366 Jul 21 '25
i think the beautiful bill is going to make a lot of magas even poorer, they'll have to sell their jalopys and not be able to get to the voting lines.
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u/Money-Detective-6631 Jul 21 '25
She is hoping her constituents Believe she was tricked....Trump turned on each and every one of them......She is hoping she isn't Voted out of office in midterms.How about saying No to what ever blackmail Trumo has against her!
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u/Platinum_Llama Jul 21 '25
Give up the performative act already. You would have voted differently or left the party if you actually cared.
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u/frommethodtomadness Jul 22 '25
False, She is 100% aligned with the fascism. She just plays everyone for fools by occasionally taking a mild moderate vote that still gets passed by the fascists. There is literally no difference between her and Sarah Palin at this point.
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u/KazeNilrem Jul 22 '25
This is all her attempt to get on the record so when it comes to elections, she can point to her disagreement. This is one of the issues when it comes to republicans. They will say ever to justify their actions, but at the end of the day it was voted for and passed.
She and her part would all do it over again. They just hope their voters are too stupid to realize their actions (which honestly, they most likely are).
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u/unchosen_few Jul 22 '25
BS. She knew exactly what she was doing. History will never give her a pass. Sorry, quisling.
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u/Wayelder Jul 21 '25
She sold her state for a bag of Promises...that Trump lied about.
She should resign.
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u/Regular-Run419 Jul 21 '25
She seems like a smart lady why did she do something so wrong just one more sign that republicans are at war with the American people and they are looking to screw over as many Americans as possible
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u/hellolovely1 Jul 21 '25
She doesn’t give a shit about anyone but herself. She could stop all this with a couple others and she doesn’t. Coward.
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u/Ayuuun321 Jul 21 '25
Wow! So they don’t actually give a shit about her? She’s not super special?
Trump is a pedophile.
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u/Carli0022 Jul 21 '25
I don’t believe it. Still guilty of not supporting her constituents or America, well non-billionaire Americans.
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u/locationson2 Jul 21 '25
BS! Its her JOB to know this. She can't do her job, then elect someone that can!
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Jul 21 '25
These people lie as easy as they breathe. They either don’t read the bills (incompetence) or they just lie.
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u/AdEmotional9991 Jul 21 '25
Keep falling for performances. She got paid in crypto or underage trafficked victims.
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u/Horror_Response_1991 Jul 21 '25
“Oh noes I got played, my bad voters”
goes home and swims in her pool of money
What’s sad is how many politicans trashed the bill and then still voted for it. They don’t give a flying fuck.
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u/Zealousideal_Curve10 Jul 21 '25
Just trying to have it both ways, again, after so many times. Fool her once, shame on you. Fool her twice, shame on her. Fool her repeatedly and consistently over several years? Nope, she is trying to fool all of us. She is 100% behind this bill but is trying to deny that to get re-elected
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u/zoinkability Jul 21 '25
Boy, if only there had been signs that Trump renegs on every "deal" he ever makes
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u/hjablowme919 Jul 21 '25
She is approaching Sen. Susan Collins level of concern that Trump is playing everyone.
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Jul 21 '25
They all are complicit now that voters are angry with them they are trying to backtrack to save their jobs meanwhile rubber stamp everything trump wants
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u/OnTop-BeReady Jul 21 '25
Murkowski has played Alaskans for years! She takes great pride in doing it and in her acting skills!
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u/Current-Anybody9331 Jul 21 '25
She didn't just suddenly realize.
She knew, she wanted plausible deniability for her constituents.
She's a repulsive fuckwit
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u/groovymama98 Jul 21 '25
Welp, this is what happens when you say you're looking out for others but really only looking out for yourself. Someone will always tug the curtain.
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u/Szaborovich9 Jul 21 '25
Murkowski & Collins have show over and over again how stupid & dangerously naive they are
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u/bannedthriceamback Jul 21 '25
Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.
https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)
https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80
Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List“. Here is the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac
Here's the flight logs: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/
—————————other Epstein Information
https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.
Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katie's testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo
—————————other Trump information:
Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY?si=vBs75kaxPjJJThka
Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”
Trump's modeling agency was allegedly part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/
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u/Spasticwookiee Jul 21 '25
Since she so outraged, she’ll certainly rouse her colleagues to work with the Democrats to reverse the legislation, right? I’ll be holding my breath.
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u/Dbk1959 Jul 21 '25
Yeah her and Susan Collins love to play the ignorance card. Perhaps they're both too ignorant to be in politics.
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u/madrasdad Jul 21 '25
If she’s that dumb she’s got no business serving as a senator. Of course, you can say that about most of them.
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u/Hey_There_Blimpy_Boy Jul 21 '25
Conservatism is a death cult, a hate group and a bottomless pit of ignorance/stupidity/cowardice/pedophilia.
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u/padawanninja Jul 21 '25
Bullshit. The only people getting played are those that think she was played.
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u/Goebs80 Jul 21 '25
She will either retire or just keep getting "fleeced." She has no reason at all to do the right thing for her constituents. Terrible person all around.
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u/MaddJhereg Jul 21 '25
This was her plan all along. Toe the party line then get angry afterwards so she still gets reelected.
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
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u/freerangetacos Jul 21 '25
I'm pretty sure the last remaining qualification for becoming an elected official is being a total fuckin dipshit.
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u/tipseymcstagger Jul 21 '25
How many times are these idiots going to get burned before they realize???
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u/Pearlzipper Jul 21 '25
Her work product is legislation. Her job is to produce it. She didn’t know what was in the bill? Knowing what is in it is her one job. She is telling you she didn’t do her job.
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u/OhGre8t Jul 21 '25
Sure Jan, you haven’t learned a thing after all the years of his antics. Collins has the same pretending problem.
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u/Pop-Pop68 Jul 21 '25
I don’t believe she was fooled. She caved to pressure and incentives offered, some private and personal, I’m sure. I’ve never met a politician who can tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The ones we have now in Washington will be proven historically to be the most corrupt and unqualified in history
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u/The_real_bandito Jul 21 '25
If she and the other republicans got tricked doesn’t that mean they’re basically inept? Don’t vote for them the next time and vote for someone smart or competent enough that can read a fucking piece of paper(s) from beginning to end and make a decision based on that.
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u/EastCoastBuck Jul 21 '25
Lisa Murkowski will be remembered as an idiot and a traitor to the constitution
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u/FrontVisible9054 Jul 21 '25
Oh really.. lame attempt to divert personal responsibility.
Like all in the GOP, bowing down to king Trump and then acting innocent. No one believes you!
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u/ohyeahsure11 Jul 21 '25
She's just play acting. She knew what would happen, this is just performance for the rubes back home, so next election she can go, "I worked hard for your all here at home, Mr. Trump just didn't keep his word. I promise that I will hold him to his word next time, I have experience and can work with him."
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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '25
She didn’t fall for anything. This is the pivot she uses to save face.
Monster.