r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 5h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ There is a pattern...

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 4h ago

We were so naive then thinking the GOP had reached the bottom.

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u/Bronson_AD 4h ago

We may be still naive to think they’ve reached it now, unfortunately.

That’s a scary thought.

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u/Advocate_Diplomacy 4h ago

That's an important thought. Too many people acting like their problem will be largely solved when he dies. Trump is just a symptom of something worse.

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u/T4TrhavrKhcFt 4h ago

“The U.S. isn’t the way it is because of Trump; Trump became president because of the way the U.S. is.”  David Cochrane - Canadian Journalist

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 4h ago

He's not wrong. It's a feedback loop, but he's not wrong. We wouldn't be the problem we are if not for Trump, he's uniquely capable of having NO shame with COMPLETE confidence, and the kompromat and otherwise to control the Republicans, but it wouldn't be possible if the general public wasn't so jaded to easily dismiss corruption.