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Briefly: Who Owns The GOP?

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Posted By: earlybird, 4/20/2024 1:01:39 PM

I gleaned these tweets from an article at Zerohedge. It seems clear that Johnson is getting directions and following them, irrespective of the views of his party and their voters: This Is The Uniparty 'Reveal': Speaker Johnson To Pass $95.3 Billion Foreign Aid Package Using Democrats Johnson channels regime talking points, even paraphrasing Zhou’s favorite line—’We’re the United States of America for God’s sake—the most powerful nation in the history of the world!’ Who promised Johnson what? What’s it worth to lie like Johnson’s doing?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: marbles 4/20/2024 1:24:45 PM (No. 1703057)
The same people that own America?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: minuteman 4/20/2024 3:30:36 PM (No. 1703099)
China?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 4/20/2024 4:16:42 PM (No. 1703121)
The donor class owns the GOPe same as it does the dims. When the donor class says "jump," all congressional candidates simply say, "how high?"
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Reply 4 - Posted by: danu 4/21/2024 3:29:56 AM (No. 1703274)
some ppl are rooting for ,,, satanic eurotrash ?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 4/21/2024 3:34:14 AM (No. 1703276)
Our leaders are now utterly corrupt! They sell their souls for filthy lucre! They will have their reward. We must face collapse, Chaos, Hate and ruin! It’s over! Obama will win another 4 years and that is all our system can take!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Geoman 4/21/2024 3:31:08 PM (No. 1703573)
Trump owning the GOP would be my guess; however, both sides of the Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan funding issue claim Trump's implicit support. As far as I know, Trump hasn't repudiated Speaker Johnson for his recent claims of Trump's support.
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