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Last Checked Nov. 27, 2019

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Sun Oct 06 11:52:11 +0000 2019

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The media gives us all these Trump Country stories, some really bad and some pretty good, and the point of all them is this: “Whatever your social circle thinks, a large minority of Americans really likes Trump.” It’s true! And it applies to congress too! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 6, 2019 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’m not sure what it will take to get people to believe this. But we have in the congressional GOP a group of several hundred adult human beings with a lot of economic security who keep saying they think Donald Trump is a good President possibly because it’s what they think. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Barbaro @mikiebarb

The thing about being a US Senator is that a six-year term is deliberately designed to insulate members from the sh… https://t.co/QISakUoo0l

Posted Oct. 6, 2019 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

And what’s particularly odd is that it’s considered kinder to say that these guys are all just lying, constantly, and betraying their most deeply held values out of cowardice. I think that’s probably wrong. Mike Lee loves Trump! Rob Portman loves Trump! That’s why they do it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 6, 2019 Hibernated

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