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muriel_volestrangler

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7. The start of the sentence was "I think the story here has been pretty simple from the start"

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #6)

Sun May 31, 2026, 02:58 PM

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so it seems pretty counterproductive to ignore that, and then attack the senator as if he hadn't said that, but pretend that he didn't know something until "years after everyone else knew it", or to moan "we expect US senators to keep up with known facts" when they have explicitly stated that they have. As another DUer says above, "This.Is.Why.We.Lose.Elections" - having a go at a senator who actually thinks exactly the same as you.,

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