Thurgood Du Bois
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And here's a hard truth that all to need to remember while you watch certain Republicans act like they are on the "right side of history" suddenly since J6.

The was NEVER a reasonable Republican Party. It's a lie. A myth. They are the former Dixiecrats & their politics is based on white supremacy.
09:36 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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Thurgood Du Bois
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What you are seeing is the endgame of the white backlash to the Acts passed in the 60s and other progressive acts since e.g. BvB l & ll, Educational Amendments Act of 1972, RoeVWade, Loving vs Virginia, 1st Black SCOTUS Judge, etc.

They've been working on this for decades.
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Thurgood Du Bois
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Even the ones you think are "reasonable.* Reagan was the worst thing to happen to 🇺🇸 before Trump in recent memory. He was a racist and his policies were detrimental to 🇺🇸.

Who was a Reagan administration aide/consult after he won in 1980?

Lee Atwater.

Do you know who he is?
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He's considered the "Father of the Southern Strategy."

What's the Southern Strategy?

Let Lee tell you in his own words.

It's still being used today.
Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy - YouTube

In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina's most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronal...

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He just described modern day Republican politics. And yes Liz Cheney plays that game. Just about all of them do.

So if Cheney ain't 💩 bc of her voting record yet you wanna separate her from "the cult" bc she's suddenly speaking your language with Maddow...

....you just fell for the okie doke.
09:43 AM - Dec 05, 2023 (Edited)
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Thurgood Du Bois
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So now you'd just "agree to disagree" about what she stands on that hurts ppl to satisfy some sense of patriotism bc you deem J6ers worse than her?

That's what causes division in 🇺🇸 bc some liberals have a false sense if 🇺🇸 unity.

Particularly white liberals.
09:48 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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So spare me the Cheney praise and white owned liberal media giving her a light pass bc she stands against Trump but affected or stood against policies that hurt millions of people bc her party and their beliefs came first.

She's trash. Just like her father.
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CPfromCA
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AMEN.
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Mlb Anx
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Preach sir.
10:45 PM - Dec 05, 2023
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Ground Control
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Yeah, it's worth remembering her pops started off as a junior member of the Nixon administration before rising through the ranks. She's using the same basic playbook, just adapting her targets and audience with the times.

Where MAGA failed, she wants to succeed.
10:38 PM - Dec 05, 2023
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BattleFuzz
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*thunderous applause*
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Pam Sourelis
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Good thread. Thank you.
I agree that she is a horrible, hateful person, whose politics have caused great harm.
Still, I'm glad she is raising the alarm about 45. A lot of people are asleep; I'm hoping she--and all the others who are finally chiming in--will wake them up.
09:22 PM - Dec 05, 2023
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Ground Control
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That's using the old fears and traumas to distract from the new threats she's going to bring with her. She'll be a long time building them and it's moves like this she's gonna use to get otherwise sensible-seeming people behind her.

Mango Mussolini is finished. Cheney's the new enemy.
10:36 PM - Dec 05, 2023
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Kim Mmmm
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100% her father’s daughter.
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