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"A Complete Bait And Switch": Marjorie Taylor Greene Flips On Trumpwww.zerohedge.com/political/complete-bait-and-switch-marjorie-taylor-greene-flips-trump-joins-massie-iran-pushback
146 sats \ 4 comments \ @billytheked 23 Jun Politics_And_Law
This woman deserves a medal for her pushback against the neocons so early into her political career.
Has anyone introduced her to Max Keisar?
Let me be very clear," said Greene. "My children are 22, 25, and 27. I will literally fight ANYONE for their future. And their future and their entire generation’s future MUST be free of America LAST foreign wars that provoke terrorists attacks on our homeland, military drafts, and NUCLEAR WAR."
"I am FIGHTING for them to have a future where they can afford to buy a home, afford insurance, invest for retirement, enjoy life, retain their God given freedoms, afford to raise a family under their Christian faith, not be in debt, safety and security, AND NOT HAVE OUR OWN TAX PAYER FUNDED GOVERNMENT DESTROY IT ALL."
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 23 Jun
The full tweet is pretty straight (and savage), so kudos to her... I normally don't even like MTG a bit, but this is good.
Contrary to [what] brainwashed Democrat boomers think and protest about, Trump is not a king, MAGA is not a cult, and I can and DO have my own opinion.
More of this own opinion, plz.
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165 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 23 Jun
Hate to play the ageist card, but Trumps biggest problem (and he has a few) is that he is a TV-obsessed boomer. Have you been in a boomers house recently? My in-laws will just leave TVs blaring in different adjacent rooms for hours at a time....not even sure if they watch it, they just like background noise.
I once read an essay that statistically con-men are likely to fall for cons themselves....I think there is a parallel to Trump with that, specifically that his TV obsession led him to be able to manipulate it effectively to win elections, but makes him very susceptible to it as well...
I feel like we should have a national intervention with boomers and explain "NO ONE WATCHES TV ANYMORE!" - they are obsessed with shows that get like 75K people watching it....its crazy
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76 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 23 Jun
Have you been in a boomers house recently? [..] leave TVs blaring
Haha, yes and agreed!
I once read an essay that statistically con-men are likely to fall for cons themselves..
I've read that too... iirc like 1.5-2 decades ago. I also believe it to be true. Con artists are easy to influence because it becomes very transparent once you've figured out that you're dealing with one of those.
"NO ONE WATCHES TV ANYMORE!"
lmao. I feel you, but I'm not sure if it be better if all the elderly went on tiktok and X and actually believe all the crap that the magic thing in their palm tells them is true. That would just enable more innocent souls to be scammed more efficiently.
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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 23 Jun
not sure if it be better if all the elderly went on tiktok and X and
True!
Shane Gillis has a comedy bit of how his dad uses Sean Hannity to construct his arguments for him....he will point to Hannity and say "see! thats what I've been trying to say!"
Thats pretty much like my father-in-law. His opinion on things spans the very narrow range of Hannity to Mark Levin. His exact opinion is whatever he watched last.
He will go from telling you that the deep-state is fighting against Trump, to then saying that the CIA is going help Trump to take down Iran, etc....and there is no pause or reflection about what he's saying.
The thing is, he's not a stupid person, its just that TV does something to boomers brains that effectively turns them off.
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