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    “Of course gas prices are too high,” he continued. “When we get that thing resolved in the Strait of Hormuz, that will have a direct effect on that, and it will help to bring down grocery costs.”

    He still talks about it as if it’s some fixable mishap, and not a worlwide crisis for which he and his party are responsible, and which they have not even the concept of a plan to fix.

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      Problem is, if Dems take control of the house and Senate, the GOP will just blame everything on Dems and the morons who voted in the turnip will believe them and we’ll be back into more bullshit come 2028. The only hope is that they take control in 2028 and put every traitor that put all this in motion in jail.

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      Pretty much the Republicans’ typical MO after they royally fuck things up (and they always do).

      Often given a huge assist from the Murc’s Law Media. A classic tell is when the Murc’s Law Media talks about “Congress” when Republicans in Congress are doing something awful and/or stupid.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaqIW9HmD0

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    Posturing to distance himself in an effort to stem the impending midterm hemorrhage. Don’t give this any more eyes than it already has; vote.