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angrychair

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10. I hate that

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 11:24 AM

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My last bit of knowledge I have of him is literally writing a book to attack progressives as destroying the Democratic Party and wanting to pull the Party more to the center.

A move to the center is exactly what I think got us where we are now.

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