Just so everyone is clear, this is what you’re framing as “praise”:
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If you’ll read the thread, this is not the first time he has praised Trump.
Where’s the quote, Cygnus? Or can we just assume you were lying?
I already posted several examples in this thread which you keep conspicuously ignoring, but here’s another for you as I permanently exit this conversation. https://x.com/andyyen/status/1812442643726537182?mx=2
False. Stop lying.
… This is not praising Trump.
You are exactly the same as those on the right who screech “XYZ Democrat is a radical, extreme Leftist!!”
Be better, Cygnus.
We’re still waiting on this quote, btw
how much you paying to deliver this quote?
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if the pay is good enough I’ll wade onto x and find the quote the other guy is talking about.
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Just so everyone is clear, this is what you’re framing as “praise”:
Why did you leave out the part about democrats being corrupt and republicans being champions of the little guy?
I quoted it from the thread, which was the source you referenced.
Go ahead a share the full quote, then.
Here you go. https://imgur.com/a/vpho8GS
So not only is this not the quote we were talking about (you said he had praised Trump in the past), but he doesn’t even mention Trump in this post.
Talk about disingenous. God I wish we didn’t act exactly the way the right accuses us of.