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The State of the Union address was delivered from an alternate reality, where facts are optional and power is the only truth. Should the Democrats have stayed home and not walked into his trap?
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Here's my take: The Democrats should have made the State of the Union address into a duet: Trump and Epstein. >> https://halbrown.substack.com/p/the-democrats-should-have-made-the
Excerpts:
If there are any images I wish that Trump and the Republicans, who did countless chair squats getting up and down from their seats during Trump’s State of the Union address, could have seen it would be those of leering Trump and Epstein looking like they are best buddies.
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When he looked out while I expect he mostly looked at the kowtowing kinetic Republicans as they burned calories getting up and down applauding, he'd also have seen dozens of Democrats standing up and instead of clapping holding signs of him and Epstein.
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