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i wonder what their younger selves would think if you showed them this pic 10 years ago.

edit: found this interesting chart from vox around when this rally happened…

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/6/17656996/trump-republican-party-russia-rather-democrat-ohio

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I imagine that people like this have always felt this way to some degree. Maybe because it was a different time back then, or maybe because they were younger (and thus more concerned with peer pressure), they were silent. Now they feel emboldened; for whatever reason. It’s like Pandora’s box: it’s been opened, and even if you close it, it’s too late. It’s out there now.

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I have one reason: An orange conman/felon.

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im not that sure. of course they were probably never friendly with democrats but russia was not far removed from literal communism for most of these guys’ lives.

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Isn’t this from a town hall in like 2016? Eight years ago if so. They’d still be into it, think it’s a great shirt and whip out their credit cards.

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looks like 2018. but I really don’t think the republican-Russian love affair was a thing any time before 2016.

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Which is just crazy, because Russia was enemy number one for most of these people’s lives.

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Cult of the Cheese Turd

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I saw this yesterday at a kids soccer game:

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Comedian Bill Engvall once suggested stupid people wear signs so you’d know not to get into a conversation with them. Here’s your sign!

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Reminds me of the tweet that a younger veteran wrote. He said he was out shopping while wearing something indicating his vet status, and he was approached by an old man in a MAGA hat. It went like this apparently:

Old man: Thank you for your service!

Vet: Get fucked, traitor.

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That’s beautiful. Sincere thanks for that guy’s service in saying that.

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Joke’s on Engvall. Put on a dunce cap and you’ll attract people like a fucking magnet.

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Looks like white trash to me.

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They’re aligned with Putin in the fascism. That’s why they like him.

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Too many liberals desperately want to believe the GOP wasn’t already like this dating back to Eisenhower.

They want to believe in a loyal opposition, because it’s easier to justify bipartisan compromise when your counterpart isn’t a frothing lunatic.

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