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Ted Cruz Warns Trump Tariffs Could Lead To a 'Bloodbath' For Republicans In Midterm Elections
https://www.latintimes.com/ted-cruz-warns-trump-tariffs-could-lead-bloodbath-republicans-midterm-elections-5799983.0k
u/fowlraul Oregon 15h ago
Good, unfortunately the economy will be dead by then.
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u/citizenkane86 15h ago
Even dumber: republicans have 18 months to convince the public this is some how democrats and Biden’s fault. And 40% of swing voters will believe them.
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u/Icy-Steak1830 15h ago edited 15h ago
I actually think they are going to convince them this is good for them in the long term...and they are going to eat it up. Sacrificing for the "mission" even though it is never quite clear what is the mission. It's whatever Trump decides on a given day. It's to stop fentanyl, fight drug cartels, it's to stop terrorism, fix bad trade deals, it will change.
You have to understand their followers go to church every Sunday and lap up whatever their pastor tells them. They are very used to following orders from incoherent leaders. They will eat up the biblical message from a pastor flying in private jets and living in mansions. They are literally incapable of critical thinking.
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u/jarchack Oregon 14h ago
At first glance, I would say, "nobody is that stupid". But then again...
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u/absentmindedjwc 11h ago
I honestly don't know. The fact that cracks are already starting to form within the GOP itself tells me that they're seeing polling numbers pointing to their supporters knowing full fucking well that this is their fault - especially with them being so damn candid about it.
Republicans - specifically MAGA republicans - have no empathy... but as soon as shit starts seriously impacting them personally, they tend to open their eyes to what is going on. For example, my hardcore MAGA aunt called me this morning because her retirement account has lost like 15 percent and now she doesn't know if she'll be able to retire for another ~decade. She actually commented on how pissed off she was that the news and Trump were telling her that "its for the best"... which is fucked messaging because these people legitimately don't care about "the best for the country", only what's "the best" for themselves.
She's pissed off because, for once, she actually listened to someone telling her what a tariff actually is, and why its fucked her chances of a retirement.
People like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz being so fucking blunt about this tells me that far more than my aunt are starting to ask questions and actually listen. Because the "its going to hurt for a little while" only goes so far.
At least... this is my hope.
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u/ShamrockAPD 10h ago
Hey. My parents are Deep maga
They aren’t complaining at all. For some mine your aunt, I hope it’s the majority.
But sadly I feel the majority will be like my parents - they stick their head in the sand and everything other than Fox News is fake news.
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u/PlanetValmar 4h ago
Yep, a good percentage have no retirement, have no savings, and have no skin in the game that is Wall Street, so really only the inflation part is hitting them. Of course, that’s about to get a lot worse.
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u/733t_sec 10h ago
It's just because it's Rand Paul and Raphael's turn to play controlled opposition. There have been cracks in the GOP before but they've never amount to more than trivial support for anything that won't pass anyways
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u/HelpfulDescription12 Nebraska 9h ago
I don't think this is Rand just taking his turn as controlled opposition. He's a libertarian style republican and is ideologically opposed to tariffs. This is actually something he really believes in, Cruz on the other hand is probably just reading the tea leaves and knows the tariffs are politically toxic for them right now.
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u/Cerberus_Aus Australia 8h ago
He’s not ideologically opposed to tarrifs. He’s ideologically opposed to losing money, full stop.
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u/MaddyKet 7h ago
Or Cruz won the monthly game of rock paper scissors to see who gets to pretend to be against the agenda. Last month it was McConnell.
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u/cytherian New Jersey 8h ago
May your aunt's epiphany moment ring and replicate across the entire base. They need to realize they've been very badly conned by Trump and his prized influencers (like Rogan, Bongino, Kirk, etc.).
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u/PennCycle_Mpls 11h ago
Remember back in November when everyone was screaming "it's the economy stupid" and "look at the price of eggs" and Democrats still fell for the idea that Republican voters are honest.
They're not. They don't care. They're sadists.
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u/Frowny575 8h ago
And idiots. While the Dems are not without fault, for at least 40yrs or so the Republicans have openly screwed over anyone not rich. I can get not understanding economics, but how can you be bent over for so long and not freaking realize it?
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u/ComprehensiveCoat638 11h ago
Yeah, stupidity has been hitting the gym and taking physique enhancing drugs over this past decade.
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u/jarchack Oregon 10h ago
When I was growing up, conservatives looked up to intellectuals like William F. Buckley Jr. and Charles Krauthammer. I didn't agree with their take on most issues but at least they had some considerable writing and rhetorical skills. Now, the entire GOP worships a complete moron. And even if they actually think he's a horse's ass, they still do his bidding.
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u/hellolovely1 10h ago
YES! They were smart guys, even if I didn't agree with their takes.
But I look at conservative pundits now and they are incredibly incoherent, malicious, and often very dumb.
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u/Worth_Much 14h ago
Yeah. The message is, sure your retirement is gone and you may lose your house, but in 10 years we’ll have so much manufacturing back in the USA you’ll forget all about this while you’re slurping gruel in a homeless shelter.
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u/Randomcommentor1972 14h ago
For an economy that wasn’t about manufacturing anyway
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u/TheVoiceofReason6 13h ago
Or working 80 hours a week at a horrible manufacturing job.
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u/tjalvar 15h ago edited 6h ago
"I ask you: Do you want total [trade] war?! Do you want it, if necessary, more total and radical than anything that we can yet today even conceive?!" MAGA cheers follow (that is a Goebbels quote which is meant to warn here, not encourage) Edit: for clarity, which somehow feels necessary, Ted Cruz did not to my knowledge quote Goebbels
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u/Far_Eye6555 12h ago
Texas elected official was quoting Goebbels earlier this week!
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u/killrtaco 11h ago
In front of congress in an officially recorded meeting. No shame. No stutter. No wince. Just quoted like it was normal and then called out (briefly and feebly) by a single congress woman.
Sad times we live in.
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u/VirginiaLuthier 14h ago
When a t-shirt at Walmart cost $50, cult or not, they will be fed up
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u/Worth_Much 14h ago
When they can’t afford guns at Walmart that’s when it will hit them.
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u/iclimbnaked 14h ago
That’ll work for a bit. It’ll stop working when people start losing their jobs in meaningful numbers.
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u/calmdownmyguy Colorado 12h ago edited 12h ago
No, it won't. W completely fucking cratered the economy and two years later republicans had their best election in 100 years.
They will never ever accept the fact that the people who white christians voted and supported are responsible for their problems.
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u/elbenji 11h ago
Huh? Bush cratered the economy and it ruined them in 2008. 2010 was a result of people not knowing that Obama can't fix it in two years
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u/Darkstar197 14h ago
This could have all been avoided if Obama didn’t wear a tan suit 15 years ago.
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u/UngodlyPain 13h ago
Even dumber: Republicans have 18 months to keep making things worse and will still get 48ish% of the votes because of tribalism and the fact swing voters actually don't exist in any large numbers.
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u/patentattorney 15h ago
The maga crew will go about it in three ways
1) saying “remember when the democrats said it was Obamas economy for 2017 - because trump did nothing - they will say it was a house of cards he was given.
2) say the tariffs are great for the economy. If he was given a better economy they would be working now.
3) say the tariffs need more time (even though they are working?).
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u/Intelligent-Travel-1 13h ago
There’s no way to spin this. You’re either in the cult or not at this point
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u/SpeaksSouthern 14h ago
If Schumer keeps voting for Trump's agenda they'll only need a month to convince voters
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u/JollyToby0220 12h ago
If anything, Schumer hurts Democrats too. Why vote for a Democrat who will bend over backwards to do what the Reds tell him to do.
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u/greatBLT 15h ago
If I was a Republican running for office, I think it'd be best for me to be honest and admit the mistakes of my party as a whole. I'd try to convince people that I'm independent from the MAGA craziness and prioritize the needs of the working class above everything else. I think people would be more receptive to that than blaming the opposition party. You know, do what Bernie and AOC are doing with their anti-oligarchy tour. Swing voters seem to like what they've been saying.
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u/InertiasCreep 14h ago
You wouldnt get elected. The MAGA craziness is the GOP base now. This is the party that elected Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. The GOP is all about doubling down and endorsing the crazy.
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u/RockmanMike 14h ago
Case in point: bringing Oliver Stone for a congressional hearing and having Lauren "Beetlejuice" Boebert confusing him with Roger Stone.
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u/aerost0rm 14h ago
Thing is, once you speak out and distance yourself from the MAGA cult, they will run a candidate against you with the bulk of the republican donor funding/gifts to Donald. Donnie himself will demand money donated to the RNC once political season really gears up.
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u/Hacker-Dave 14h ago
Bloodbath is best case scenario. Losing an election is much easier than being pulled from your car. Step up Cruz and do the right thing! This is STUPID and you all know it. Do your fucking job!
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u/SquirrellyGrrly 9h ago
Meanwhile Raphael Cruz is pushing legislation to stop kids from using nicknames in school. Ol' Raphael is focusing on the important stuff (while still going by "Ted," btw.)
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u/Turbulent_Fail_2022 15h ago
God I hate these days and times, I’m agreeing with fucking Ted Cruz 😞
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u/antigop2020 13h ago
This assumes that 1) we have elections. He may declare a state of emergency or start a war and “postpone” them “indefinitely” and/or 2) The midterm elections are free and fair elections. He has already taken several actions that indicate he will try and rig the elections.
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u/superchiva78 12h ago
Republicans have spent 4 years rigging the fuck out of elections. this shit is here to stay
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u/TintedApostle 15h ago
Notice its about getting re-elected and not upholding the constitution or doing good for the country. Its all about power.
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u/SkinNoises 15h ago
It’s about keeping their cushy job where they aren’t expected to do anything and get paid handsomely for it. They are what they accuse welfare people of being—lazy.
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u/BlueFlob 14h ago
Yeah. Every negative comment by Republicans is always focused on their chances of maintaining power and being reelected.
Never a drop of concern for the American people.
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u/Workodactyl 8h ago
Exactly. They don't care about the country. They only care about what's good for their party. Voters need to wake up!
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u/Scopeexpanse 7h ago
I find this so infuriating. Not "this is going to be really hard for Americans who can't afford food" but instead "this is going to hurt us in the midterms."
At least pretend to care about your constituents.
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u/Drunken_Hillbilly 15h ago
Oh, now Raphael is concerned about elections. He learned nothing from Trump 1.0. Fuck that guy.
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u/Visual_Octopus6942 15h ago
And notice their only concern is their political prospects, not like, Americans suffering
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u/RedRawTrashHatch 15h ago edited 15h ago
Good. And screw Ted Cruz for treating his position like a privileged ruler instead of as a public servant.
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u/astoriaboundagain 14h ago
Do you mean Rafael Edward Cruz, who was born in Alberta, Canada? The one who changed his identity as a teenager?
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u/manondorf 10h ago
The same Rafael Edward Cruz who recently introduced a bill insisting that we use the names on our birth certificates, and thus would surely prefer to be called by his legal and god-given name?
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u/LordRevelstoke 15h ago
The GOP deserves to be wiped out permanently over this. Useless fucking asshats.
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u/bailtail 11h ago
I’m in one of the most conservative areas in WI. I shit you not, the blinders are largely off based on discussions I’ve had over the last couple days. I’ve had numerous people at work tell me they greatly regret their votes. I’m so used to living in a different reality than most around here that it’s almost unsettling to finally be living with the same set of facts as everyone and be able to have meaningful discussions. I also have a buddy in GA whose experience very much mirrors what I’ve seen. Teddy’s concerns appear to be very justified.
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u/ianrl337 Oregon 15h ago
Probably panicked when he heard trump talk about two years of pain before things start to look better. I could almost hear the whiplash from every republican doing a double take at once.
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u/d_c_d_ 15h ago
lol, most companies will just wait until Trump is gone. Manufacturing is never coming back, we have a labor shortage as it is.
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u/Finaldeath Michigan 12h ago
With how Trump threw tariffs on pretty much every country it would be more expensive to produce things here (not even taking into account labor costs) even if they were paid to move production here due to the simple fact that they would have to import and thus pay tariffs on the raw matierals from all over the world. Cheaper to just pay the tariffs of shipping products in from a lesser hit country than to pay the tariffs on every part of the product they are making.
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u/emmayarkay 10h ago
Did he actually say there will be 2 years of pain? A lot of American won’t be able to recover from 2 weeks of pain
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u/Sufficient-Alfalfa20 15h ago
Oh my God, it's a never-ending cycle!
The Republicans will wreck the economy and the Democrats have to come in and clean everything up.
Clinton✅️-->Bush❌️-->Obama✅️-->Trump❌️-->Biden✅️-->Trump❌️
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u/The_Lost_Jedi Washington 15h ago
Seriously. When will people disabuse themselves of this insane shibboleth that Republicans are somehow good for the economy? You can even go back before Clinton, where Bush had a recession that led to Clinton winning. The last time things were even facially better were Carter to Reagan (and even then I'd argue that Reagan did a bunch of bad stuff that we're all still paying for now).
The only people Republicans are actually better for are the ultra wealthy, as they get more and more of our money transferred to them.
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u/citizen_x_ 14h ago
Let's be honest, these are domestic terrorist. The Republican party is a domestic terrorist organization and that's not even an exaggeration. They support insurrectionists and tried to coup the government.
These are evil fucking people. They really are.
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u/Kevin_Jim 15h ago
I’ll believe it when I see it. Over 30% of the Us electorate are hardcore MAGAs, add to that conservatives who want to seem undivided but always vote GQP and you get the current shitshow.
So until it happens, and the Dems win the Senate, the House, and the Presidency, I don’t believe it.
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u/PricklyyDick 10h ago
I mean that just happened in 2020 so it’s obviously possible with fair elections and a big enough crisis.
The question is just how long it lasts.
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u/Sudi_Nim 10h ago
Here's hoping. The last time they f'd up like this, they lost Congress for 60 years.
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u/Wienerwrld North Carolina 14h ago
More concerned about the harm to the Republican Party than he is about the harm to the American people; that tracks.
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u/BlotchComics New Jersey 15h ago
That's what he's worried about, republicans losing seats, not the fact that these tariffs are going to push more than half of the country into poverty?
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u/brpajense 14h ago
Whatever happens will happen WAY before the elections in November 2026.
Everyone with an IRA or 401k just lost 10% of their savings over the last 2 days with more to come. Every homeowner's house is worth less than what it was a week ago. Everything is going to get more expensive once the stuff currently on the shelf gets replaced.
Every American just got screwed, and there's no one to blame but Republicans so no one will come to Republicans' rescue.
And this is just the start of it.
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u/InputAnAnt 8h ago
Notice he's concerned about the "Republicans In The Midterms". Not the devastation it's going to cause to a significant proportion of the USA population.
Cry me a river you fucking sociopath.
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u/ElderSmackJack 15h ago
And this, right here, is why I think there’s a non-zero chance Congress passes veto proof legislation that takes this power from Trump and rescinds all of this. They know they’ll (rightly) be held accountable by voters for the pain this will cause.
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u/Finaldeath Michigan 12h ago
They had the chance to start today and decided not to. They lost a state supreme court race because of them backing Trump and nearly lost 2 house seats in florida of all places because of it and it still hasn't scared them enough to start curbing Trump's power even a little bit.
They are banking on total collapse and them being included in the inner circle when it does even though they will be useless if that happens because why do you need a congress when you are a dictator.
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u/GeekoHog 12h ago
He knows it and still won’t stand up to Trump, along with the rest of the Republicans
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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 15h ago
Fox Business is talking right now about what a genius Trump is because how he is going to lower the bond market, kill interest, and lower oil so we should all shut up
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u/Global-Tourist1089 15h ago
There's absolutely nothing positive that can come from tariffs. Nothing. The GOP hitched its wagon to Herbert Hoover 2.0. Good luck with that!
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u/Telandria 14h ago
Pffft, this, coming from the guy who started sucking Trump’s cock after he publicly attacked his wife and kids on the election trail in 2016?
Your whole party has been pushing a narrative of ‘shut up and fall in line, obey the cheeto’ for a decade Cruz.
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u/Mobile-Tangelo-4515 15h ago
From his lips to God’s ears. They’re not doing their jobs anyway.
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u/southernfirefly13 15h ago
As always, Ted Cruz cares more about policies that keep him and his party in power as opposed to caring about policies that take care of his constituents.
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u/Helpful_Barnacle_563 15h ago
Hey Theodore ..remember the Alamo…and I damn hope the people remember the fucking Republican Party in the midterms and kick every Republican ass out of office..
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u/rapidcreek409 15h ago
This is an attempt at CYA for Cruz. He thinks it'll be a disaster and if it is, he wants to at least be in a position to say "Don't blame me; I told you this would happen." (Still, we should blame him...after all he wanted Trump to have this authority.)
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u/HaveNoFearDomIsHere 15h ago
I'm calling the upcoming electoral bloodbath "The Reckoning".
And I can't fucking wait.
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u/Emergency_Property_2 15h ago
Unless the cowards actually do something the bloodbath won’t stop with 2026 and may escalate from being metaphorical to literal.
Especially if they try to pass a tax cut and let Trump kill social security. There is a growing number of pissed off country club Republican voters in well off enclaves like Southlake Texas. And as their portfolios are wiped out, they’ll be out for blood.
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u/Kay312010 7h ago
Let’s hope but his insurrection and Project 2025 got him re elected so who knows.
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u/serveyer Europe 4h ago
If democrats win big next election, if there even is one. Then I think it is time to go big. The electoral college should be abolished.
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u/farcical-kibitzer08 14h ago
This guy's sole focus is about being re-elected. Turned his back on his family, father and wife, verbally attacked by the felon.
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u/Drascio1773 14h ago
As they should. Republicans are tanking this economy and our leadership on the world stage
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u/HolidayThanks3412 14h ago
If only someone could have warned him… maybe some governing body could like impeach and remove him from office.
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u/RuthlessIndecision Ohio 14h ago
I'm okay with them just being pelted with rotten fruit, but these are your words.
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u/Cold_Distribution424 14h ago
This is good America. More republicans will die because of Trump. Just like with Covid. He is ironically making America great again by killing his own supporters. Thanks Trump!
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u/Lbeezz98 13h ago
As $h1tt3 as Republicans are, and how they may wish disease, destruction or death upon me and mine....I just cannot wish death upon them. I wish upon them....each individual, to experience the specific misfortune they hoped for the liberal, LBGTQ+, POC, immigrants, WOMEN, ETC. May they experience, personally and in detail, the pain and suffering they wished upon others with their vote.
When you think about it, death ends it all, no more pain. I would never wish upon another the ceasing of their existence. I wish to open their existence to what they wished for "the other" and feel it, in full.
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u/aerost0rm 14h ago
Yes, Ted remember this is why Trump is trying to invalidate/purge most democratic voters. Allow states to supersede the actual voting to install their own choice candidate, or ignore the voting altogether and the person can just stay in office…
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u/mrchris69 14h ago
Oh don’t you worry Cruze , even the Republicans will remember the absolutely crushing blow your orange leader gave peoples 401k . You can almost certainly count on a Democrat sweep .
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u/perenniallandscapist 14h ago
As it should never let Republicans near government again. They clearly have no idea how it should work.
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u/Ok-disaster2022 14h ago
Lol, he cares more about his political party's power and influence than how it's going to actively harm millions of Americans.
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u/Beacon_Terrier 13h ago
Voters won't remember. They literally forgot how bad Covid was this past election. Trump campaigned on "are you better off now than four years ago", when he was in charge during the biggest disaster since 9-11. And he won.
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u/Inside-Palpitation25 12h ago
Unless it gives us a majority in the house, and 67 Senators, nothing changes.
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u/BrianThatDude 12h ago
Republican policies tend to do that. Unfortunately the average voter has the memory of a goldfish so they'll be back a few years later.
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u/Ytrewq9000 12h ago
lol he only cares because of political consequences— he doesn’t give a shit about the American people
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u/GuitarGeezer 12h ago
I have difficulty imagining a world where Trump doesn’t interfere with midterms. None of this can ever get better as he is causing a world depression with the tariffs without concern for any consequences because he did actually figure out that American tariffs made the Great Depression worse and helped Hitler into power and to consolidate that power. Trump is admitting he is causing a depression on purpose with his weirdo posts of misinformation just recently.
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u/zenithfury 12h ago
After causing so much damage, the reelectability of Republicans is the least of my concerns. How about standing together with Dems to oppose a rogue president? Of course you won’t.
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u/SevaraB 12h ago
So will you put a stop to it, which you have several constitutional mechanisms to do? Didn’t think so.
Impeach Trump over gross abuse of office? Cross the aisle and draft bipartisan legislation overriding the tariffs in the EO? File a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Trump’s EOs? Don’t make me laugh.
Thoughts and prayers, Ted. Thoughts and prayers.
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u/Jimbo415650 11h ago
Not one Republican criticized Trump for taking the day off to play golf. Four soldiers bodies were returned. The Market in the toilet and he played golf
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u/NHBikerHiker 11h ago
In related news, Ted is finally pissed Donny said some sh!t about the Missus.
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u/Harmonious_Peanut 11h ago
Is that all he cares about???? What about your god damn people, you friggin idiot!!! 😒
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u/WileyWatusi 11h ago
The circle continues of Democrats having the arduous task of rebuilding an economy that Republicans fucked up.
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u/ioncloud9 South Carolina 11h ago
I love how they frame this as merely a political disaster for themselves instead of an economic disaster for the country causing real suffering.
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u/mcampo84 10h ago
Maybe if republicans focused on what’s good for America and not just what’s good for Republicans we could start a dialogue.
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u/BongRipsForNips69 9h ago
Cruz is always worried about the politics and not about the people who are harmed in REAL FUCKING LIFE
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u/mapoftasmania New Jersey 9h ago
He's right. The American public doesn't have the sack for this kind of pain.
So tariffs are a complete waste of time - because in 18 months from now, before they have any meaningful impact on US manufacturing, the Democrats will take back the house and pass a bill that will curtail the President's power to set tariffs. They will literally run on "we will cancel tariffs".
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u/Ent3rpris3 8h ago
Of note
They aren't opposing it because it's bad policy and will hurt everyday people.
They are opposing it because of the downstream effects on their re-election chances.
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u/Dry_Accident_2196 8h ago
So once again, Republicans can blatantly only think about themselves and their voters are fine with it. But Dems are called out of touch if they don’t talk about themselves economy 24/7.
Notice Cruz and Paul are worried about maintaining power over the people that will be hurt.
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u/kurmudgeon Maine 8h ago
Trump doesn't give a rat's ass about Republicans chances in the mid terms. Trump has nothing to lose. He can't serve again. He'll do every stupid thing he wants because his base is too spineless to stand up for themselves or their constituents. They are too weak to fight for themselves. They get what they deserve.
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u/NotOK1955 8h ago
All he cares about is getting re-elected.
Not a word about how the average American is going to pay for necessities.
Fuck off, Cruz.
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u/Purdue_Boiler 7h ago
Anyone else think this is to distract from what's going on, make Democrats look stronger than they are in order to rule up Republicans. This is a dude whose wife was made fun of by Trump and he endorsed him. Just saying
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u/No_Fruit9736 7h ago
What election? You folks in the US think the orange idiot is going to ALLOW another election? HA! Enjoy your choices!
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u/SuspiciousImpact2197 7h ago
If only if it were a literal, not figurative, issue.
And lol at the idea they’re ever going to allow any further elections.
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u/a_passionate_man 4h ago
Dude enabled the creation of an autocrat who destroys everything he touches including democracy, jurisdiction, education etc. and you are worried about maintaining YOUR power? The system Trump is setting up does not require elected representatives. You and his voters are following the orange turd like lemmings…
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u/ToubDeBoub 48m ago
Not what will democrats do with that turn of the tables? Probably the same as when they last had the presidency, which is too ignore the systemic problems and rise of fascism and oligarchy.
Things won't change until Americans vote for someone who wants to bring change.
Though I guess they did. Change to even more oligarchy and fascism than there was before.
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