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Gen. John Kelly (Ret.) on tRump:

"What can I add that has not already been said?" Kelly said, when asked if he wanted to weigh in on his former boss in light of recent comments made by other former Trump officials. "A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all 'suckers' because 'there is nothing in it for them.' A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because 'it doesn't look good for me.' A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family for all Gold Star families on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America's defense are 'losers' and wouldn't visit their graves in France.

A person who is not truthful regarding his position on the protection of unborn life, on women, on minorities, on evangelical Christians, on Jews, on working men and women," Kelly continued. "A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about. A person who cavalierly suggests that a selfless warrior who has served his country for 40 years in peacetime and war should lose his life for treason in expectation that someone will take action. A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.

"There is nothing more that can be said," Kelly concluded. "God help us."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/politics/john-kelly-donald-trump-us-service-members-veterans/index.html

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The people who served under Trump know him best. The vast majority of them say he's utterly unfit to be president.

Never Trump. pic.twitter.com/Y9fBft4U9k

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 18, 2024

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Nikki Haley never had a chance against Trump. He's just too sharp. It's no wonder the GOP continues to be enthralled by this stable genius.

I don’t agree with Nikki Haley on everything, but we agree on this much: She is not Nancy Pelosi. pic.twitter.com/hjNgmcrwAP

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 21, 2024

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Trump: I think I’m a lot sharper than Haley. I'd take an aptitude test and it would be my result against her result. When I heard the word cognitive, you know, I’ve taken two of them now. One with Doc Ronny who is now a fantastic, you know, White House doctor. pic.twitter.com/BiYeL0bqOz

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 22, 2024

DiabloWags said:

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bear2034 said:

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Nikki Haley never had a chance against Trump. He's just too sharp. It's no wonder the GOP continues to be enthralled by this stable genius.

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Translation:

1. Nancy Pelosi turned down National Guard troops because the whole J6 thing was a Fed set up.
2. Niki Haley will never be president or vice president.

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While the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (who had the same powers as Pelosi) sat there and did nothing.
You arent the sharpest tool in the shed are you?

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Sununu on Donald Trump: “This is the guy that was blaming Nikki Haley for Jan. 6...If he's off the teleprompter, he can barely keep a cogent thought...This guy is nearly 80 years old.”

Faulkner: “He's 77.”

Sununu: “Yeah, that's nearly 80. We'll do math later.” pic.twitter.com/8vV9aiqt2x

— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) January 23, 2024

bear2034 said:

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Trump wins New Hampshire.

As a friendly reminder, in 2020 Joe Biden came in 4th in Iowa and 5th in New Hampshire.

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Trump wins New Hampshire.

As a friendly reminder, in 2020 Joe Biden came in 4th in Iowa and 5th in New Hampshire.

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That shows how little Iowa and New Hampshire mean by the end of the primaries.

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82gradDLSdad said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Trump wins New Hampshire.

As a friendly reminder, in 2020 Joe Biden came in 4th in Iowa and 5th in New Hampshire.

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That shows how little Iowa and New Hampshire mean by the end of the primaries.

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Do they mean less than California Republicans? Asking for a friend.

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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82gradDLSdad said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Trump wins New Hampshire.

As a friendly reminder, in 2020 Joe Biden came in 4th in Iowa and 5th in New Hampshire.

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That shows how little Iowa and New Hampshire mean by the end of the primaries.

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Do they mean less than California Republicans? Asking for a friend.

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Iowa has 40 Republican delegates, New Hampshire has 22 delegates and California has 169 delegates. Do the math.

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We've never seen a gap between the independent vote and the Republican vote in an NH GOP primary like we saw last night. Trump won R's by 49, Haley took independents by 22 -- a swing of 71 points. Previous high was 40. pic.twitter.com/Avq3gbxiJE

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) January 24, 2024

2024 Pennsylvania GE, Among Independent voters:

Biden 48% (+23)
Trump 25%

.@SusquehannaPR, 745 LV, 1/15-21 https://t.co/ByZ2sr4kYb

— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) January 23, 2024

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Your talk of independent voters reminded me of Bill Maher's quote about the undecided voters in 2016:

"And that, in a nutshell, is America's celebrated, undecided voter: put on a pedestal by the media as if they were Hamlet in a think-tank, searching out every last bit of information, high-minded arbiters pouring over policy positions and matching them against their own philosophies. Please, they mostly fall into a category political scientists call 'low information voters,' otherwise known as 'dipsh@its."

Maher went on to point out that the Octa-Mom has publicly declared she is an undecided voter and that she does not know who Mitt Romney is. Kim Kardashian also announced she is an undecided voter."

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POLITICO: 'Our System Needs to Be Broken, and He Is the Man to Do It'

Ted Johnson sincerely thought he wanted a uniter not a divider. It didn't last long....https://t.co/lgRULQ8cpl

— Brian Harrod (@GetTheDailyDirt) January 24, 2024

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"And trust me, the guy's a pig, he's a womanizer arrogant a-----e," Johnson said of Trump. "But I need somebody that's going to go in and lead, and I need somebody that's going to take care of the average guy."
"But is taking care of the average guy and breaking the system the same thing?" I said.
"Yes," he said. "Because they're all in it for themselves."
"And if you break the system, what does that look like?"
"Accountability," he said.
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"Accountability is accountability. But they're throwing so much stuff at this guy, and it's almost like I'm rooting for him," he told me. "This is a whole system of government going after one man who, probably, I bet, right now, 85 million people want to be president."
"But accountability is accountability," I said.
"Accountability is accountability," he said.
"Whether it's Hunter Biden or Donald Trump," I said.
"But do I trust the system?" he said. "I don't."
"You're a veteran," I told him. "You are somebody who doesn't trust the system that in the broadest sense you served."
"I have no trust," he said.
"The system you served," I said again.
"That's right. I swore an oath," he said. "I believed in that oath."
"When did you stop believing?" I asked Ted Johnson.
"About when Trump became president," he answered.

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Trump wins New Hampshire.

As a friendly reminder, in 2020 Joe Biden came in 4th in Iowa and 5th in New Hampshire.

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tequila4kapp said:

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tRump has been charged with 91 felony counts that are supported by sufficient evidence to clear the Preliminary Hearing stage to have him bound over for trial. tRump stands a real risk of being convicted, although I personally believe he will death threat one juror and get a hung jury.

Republican threats that this person or that person are going to jail are no more that nonsense unsupported by evidence (a term Republicans confuse with "allegation").

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It is almost inconceivable that anyone can beat 91 counts in 4 separate cases in 3-4 different jurisdictions. And these aren't normal cases for a defendant. The weakest case is in NYC, a horrible jury pool for Trump. The next most vulnerable case is in a liberal stronghold, Fulton County. Again, good luck with that jury. One of the Federal cases has a biased judge. And the other one is just your run of the mill "enough evidence exists to get past Prelim Hearings stage." Trump will be convicted of something somewhere. He cannot pardon himself from state convictions. I have no idea what Republican voters are thinking voting for a soon to be felon who's getting a free stay at the grey bar inn.

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tequila4kapp said:

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bearister said:

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tRump has been charged with 91 felony counts that are supported by sufficient evidence to clear the Preliminary Hearing stage to have him bound over for trial. tRump stands a real risk of being convicted, although I personally believe he will death threat one juror and get a hung jury.

Republican threats that this person or that person are going to jail are no more that nonsense unsupported by evidence (a term Republicans confuse with "allegation").

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It is almost inconceivable that anyone can beat 91 counts in 4 separate cases in 3-4 different jurisdictions. And these aren't normal cases for a defendant. The weakest case is in NYC, a horrible jury pool for Trump. The next most vulnerable case is in a liberal stronghold, Fulton County. Again, good luck with that jury. One of the Federal cases has a biased judge. And the other one is just your run of the mill "enough evidence exists to get past Prelim Hearings stage." Trump will be convicted of something somewhere. He cannot pardon himself from state convictions. I have no idea what Republican voters are thinking voting for a soon to be felon who's getting a free stay at the grey bar inn.

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This is a perfect illustration not only of this one deranged partisan but also the vast majority of Democratic partisans and their media allies: https://t.co/es7yQtHpmE

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 25, 2024

Big C said:

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bearister said:

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Your talk of independent voters reminded me of Bill Maher's quote about the undecided voters in 2016:

"And that, in a nutshell, is America's celebrated, undecided voter: put on a pedestal by the media as if they were Hamlet in a think-tank, searching out every last bit of information, high-minded arbiters pouring over policy positions and matching them against their own philosophies. Please, they mostly fall into a category political scientists call 'low information voters,' otherwise known as 'dipsh@its."

Maher went on to point out that the Octa-Mom has publicly declared she is an undecided voter and that she does not know who Mitt Romney is. Kim Kardashian also announced she is an undecided voter."

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This is a good example of an undecided GOP voter. Doesn't exactly give me confidence in the electorate. Trump figured out that you don't win by reasoning with these people, you con and grift them. His problem is that there aren't enough people like this who are still falling for the con.

POLITICO: 'Our System Needs to Be Broken, and He Is the Man to Do It'

Ted Johnson sincerely thought he wanted a uniter not a divider. It didn't last long....https://t.co/lgRULQ8cpl

— Brian Harrod (@GetTheDailyDirt) January 24, 2024

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"And trust me, the guy's a pig, he's a womanizer arrogant a-----e," Johnson said of Trump. "But I need somebody that's going to go in and lead, and I need somebody that's going to take care of the average guy."
"But is taking care of the average guy and breaking the system the same thing?" I said.
"Yes," he said. "Because they're all in it for themselves."
"And if you break the system, what does that look like?"
"Accountability," he said.
...

"Accountability is accountability. But they're throwing so much stuff at this guy, and it's almost like I'm rooting for him," he told me. "This is a whole system of government going after one man who, probably, I bet, right now, 85 million people want to be president."
"But accountability is accountability," I said.
"Accountability is accountability," he said.
"Whether it's Hunter Biden or Donald Trump," I said.
"But do I trust the system?" he said. "I don't."
"You're a veteran," I told him. "You are somebody who doesn't trust the system that in the broadest sense you served."
"I have no trust," he said.
"The system you served," I said again.
"That's right. I swore an oath," he said. "I believed in that oath."
"When did you stop believing?" I asked Ted Johnson.
"About when Trump became president," he answered.

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I agree with this guy that the system is broken and needs to be exposed / torn down. I would laugh at those who still believe in it, except it's so tragic. The problem is a) Trump is not to be trusted to even try to tear it down for right reasons - he's always self motivated, which ironically makes him fundamentally the same as that which would be torn down; and b) we are seeing right in front of our eyes that one man can't do it. "The system" wins…and this will be proven when Trump is seen being walked into a prison.

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What I think is on the mind of many a Trump voter:

- He will be convicted of something: "Good! So what? Screw it! Being President from prison...I like it!"
- He's always self-motivated: "We are all self-motivated. At least he's honest about it! Screw it!"

It's what we've come to: Trump, the billionaire New Yorker, resonates with the disenfranchised American.

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