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Bev54

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1. It was expected that they would do it

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 11:04 AM

May 2025

Never quite understood why Dems didn’t do it when they had the opportunity. It has kept the minority rule for too long. I just wish it wasn’t now and not them.

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