“Secret Service had snipers INSIDE the building the assassin used. They took pictures of him. They watched him pull out a range finder to get his exact distance to Trump. They radioed the Secret Service command post about the assassin.
They all knew he was there.
Who gave the order to do nothing until after the assassin shot Trump, killed an innocent man on that stage, and fired round after round after round after round?”
“We still have a lot of questions about the Trump assassination attempt, and the Feds are only making this more confusing. The Secret Service is pointing their fingers at the locals and the locals are pointing their fingers back. Now a local Pennsylvania station is reporting that local law enforcement spotted Crooks nearly HALF AN HOUR BEFORE the shooting and called it in. Why wasn’t any action taken?
The FBI somehow says they still don’t have a motive. The Pittsburgh FBI Field Office is running point on this investigation- the same field office that buried the Biden bribery tip in Ukraine. And Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle says she won’t resign, but will do an internal investigation. How do we know her internal investigation isn’t going to be a cover-up? Under her watch, the Secret Service destroyed their texts from January 6 and blew up the White House cocaine.”
“BREAKING: A police counter sn*per team was *inside* the building that Thomas Crooks shot from *during* the sho*ting according to the New York Post.
This just keeps getting more insane.
According to sources who spoke with the Post, Crooks was literally climbing on top of the building where the “watch post” for the sn*pers was located.”
The building, the AGR International Inc. factory in Butler, Pennsylvania, was being used by local police as a “watch post” for sn*pers to scan for threats as the former president spoke onstage only 130 yards away,” the Post reported.
Crooks was reportedly spotted at the building 26 minutes before the incident.”
I was not aware of it, but in June of this year our state legislature passed a resolution calling all willing TN residents and citizens to a season of prayer and intermittent fasting from July 1 to July 31.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — State Rep. Monty Fritts, R-Kingston, asks Tennesseans, who are physically able and spiritually inclined to do so, to join him in a Month of Prayer and Fasting.
House Joint Resolution 803, signed by Gov. Bill Lee in April, designates the month of July as a time of prayer and intermittent fasting in the state. The resolution seeks God’s hand of mercy and healing due to the increase of violence, drug addiction and brokenness in many homes across Tennessee and our nation.
“I hope Tennesseans will join me during this time of prayer, seeking God’s face and repentance,” Fritts said. “This month, I ask that the Lord Jesus heal our land by removing the violence, addiction, human trafficking and corruption that plague our state and our nation. My hope is that the Holy Spirit fills all of our lives with peace, love and joy.”
How does this work?
Read HJR803 during a church service
Examine our lives in light of God’s Word and confess our sins
Ask for His forgiveness and mercy, and commit to stand firmly on the principles of God
Join in prayer and intermittent fasting as a means of demonstrating our desire for repentance
Beginning July 1, Rep. Fritts and co-sponsor Senator Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, plan to visit all 95 counties in Tennessee. They will visit courthouses and places of worship to read the resolution, profess the need for repentance and join in prayer together.
For more information on the resolution, when they plan to visit your county and more, visit the Pray4TN website.
“Joe Biden just reneged on his entire Oval Office speech from last night and is now essentially saying that Donald Trump incited the violence against himself.
“David Sacks Torches the Biden Administration at the 2024 Republican National Convention (Full Speech)”
The Biden / Harris administration has taken a world that was at peace under President Trump and they lit it on fire…Rather than bolstering confidence in American leadership as he promised, President Biden has become the symbol of an America in decline. This may be our present but it does not have to be our future.”
“Elon Musk plans to support Donald Trump’s campaign by contributing $45 million a month to a new super PAC aimed at electing President Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal”
Personally, I think we should just recognize the word fight for what it has always been known to mean. Many words have double meanings. Those who want to say it means violent acts are people who will find all kinds of reasons to say others hate.
I just saw one person claim the call to ‘fight’ was never used in sports, ever, and has forever been used to mean a call for violence. I am sorry, but that is ridiculous.
Same with the words, target, bull’s eye etc.
Political gatherings are like the pregame cheerleading sessions we used to have in school. Enthusiasm is important in elections. The enthusiasm amazes me. No government leader can really deliver all that the people want.
“It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye” in and of itself would be fairly harmless. However, it becomes dangerous because Biden and Dems have consistently called Pres Trump a fascist dictator and the greatest threat to our Republic, among other hateful things. They themselves might not even believe this stuff, but they’re hoping that others out there will believe it, and might even take matters in their own hands.
Vance was an interesting choice that could pay off or not.
After reading a bit about him, and some other comments this morning:
On the downside, there’s inexperience and being (for now) so closely (too closely?) aligned with Trump — that will help with the base but may not do much to enlarge it by connecting with and bringing in at least some GOP/conservative moderates and independents.
And it’s curious about his earlier — extremely harsh — statements about Trump and his followers — things I would never say (and never did) about Trump or his supporters. Pretty much went beyond what many would be comfortable with. Hitler? Followers are “idiots”?
But now he’s flipped and is “all in” the camp, with gusto? Odd, and possibly a little unsettling without some more context from him at some point.
There’s much to like about him, his youth and energy, some charisma(?); he may not be fully “formed” as a rising politician, seems like he’s kind of feeling his way through it all right now.
~ … Short though it might be, Mr. Vance’s public record is defined by his political migration. He came to prominence in 2016 after publishing a bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” which told a story of the Rust Belt that was more about cultural dysfunction than globalization and economic dislocation. …
… The foreign policy concerns are also significant. Mr. Vance has opposed aid to Ukraine, while spreading crude calumnies about Volodymyr Zelensky’s government: “There are people who would cut Social Security, throw our grandparents into poverty. Why? So that one of Zelensky’s ministers can buy a bigger yacht?” Perhaps he will shed his isolationist impulses in office, but they’re worrisome. …
… Mr. Vance’s selection was urged on Mr. Trump by his son, Don Jr., and seems like a play to pass the Trump mantle to a new generation in 2028. But Mr. Trump’s appeal hasn’t been heritable so far, and it will depend on a successful second term and Mr. Vance’s ability to broaden his adopted MAGA profile. His Saturday tweet blaming Democrats for the assassination attempt on Mr. Trump was at the very least bad judgment that belies Mr. Trump’s new desire to campaign on unity.
Mr. Trump’s choice also suggests he’s so confident in his electoral prospects that he didn’t need a running mate to reach swing voters. Perhaps he’s right, though we suspect the White House is relieved he didn’t choose a more experienced and reassuring political figure.
Ha. That’s pretty much what I thought, NJ. It never fails that when someone expresses a serious opposition to the war de jour, they’re immediately dubbed an isolationist. So I guess it’s back to “isolationists” vs “warmongers”. So much for party unity. :–)
In order for us to believe this was a security failure and not an inside operation, these are the things we are required to believe simultaneously:
A suicidal 20-year-old was motivated to plan out an elaborate assassination attempt even though suicidal thoughts tend to make people unmotivated and incapable of the long-term planning required to pull something like this off.
A 20-year-old was capable of getting an assault rifle into an ex-president’s event on a first try.
A 20-year-old was capable of getting an assault rifle to the perfect sniper spot – elevated, within 150 yds of his target.
A 20-year-old was trained to go for a head shot, not center mass like every other human on earth who isn’t a military-grade sniper who needs a one-shot kill to allow him to potentially escape. If this assassin had not gone for a one-shot JFK-style headshot, and instead, shot center mass, Pres. Trump would be dead.
A 20-year-old KNEW that there was no drone in the sky.
A 20-year-old KNEW that there was no threat on that roof.
A 20-year-old KNEW the counter sniper wouldn’t fire.
A 20-year-old was able to train himself, carry out this plan by himself, and conduct a military-grade operation against a political target even though all the kids in his school hated him and he was suicidal.
Also, the 20-year-old coincidentally just happened to be in a commercial for BlackRock.
They were aware of Crooks’ presence on site almost a half an hour beforehand, so among many other questions, why wasn’t Pres. Trump taken off stage until the possible threat was cleared? And why did the counter sniper not shoot first?
It does sound fishy, Tychicus, and I am resigned to probably never knowing the truth of the matter. My grandchildren may have the opportunity to read the final reports once they’re finally declassified 50 or 60 years hence.
Interesting the political divide we certainly do have around here 🙂 Therein will lie the challenge going forward for the broader conservative movement in the US.
I’ve just started re-reading Teddy White’s “Making of the President 1968” — a year I remember well, probably others here do as well.
In that year it was the Democrats and the broader liberal political movement that broke into pieces with no shortage of drama, sadly some violence, and ill will that wasn’t quick to go away.
I suppose political movements find themselves going through these fissures every few decades.
Debra, I think there are still unanswered questions about the JFK assassination. Time doesn’t always clear it all up. There were dozens and dozens of theories about that that went on for years. Questions, but no clear answers.
And sometimes the straight-forward explanation gets it right, after all.
They are masters of deflection!!! And they are all clowns! The violent extremists are leftists and they would retaliate by attempting to finish the job!!
U.S. authorities are concerned about possible attacks in retaliation to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said Monday in a rare joint intelligence bulletin.
Violent extremists or others “may attempt follow-on or retaliatory acts of violence” in response to the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally over the weekend in Pennsylvania, the agencies said in the bulletin obtained by POLITICO.
No specific targets are mentioned, but the four-page bulletin notes that extremists have conducted or plotted attacks against “perceived political or ideological opponents,” in the past, the DHS and FBI said.
Wandering Views 
The more we know, the worse it gets.
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“Secret Service had snipers INSIDE the building the assassin used. They took pictures of him. They watched him pull out a range finder to get his exact distance to Trump. They radioed the Secret Service command post about the assassin.
They all knew he was there.
Who gave the order to do nothing until after the assassin shot Trump, killed an innocent man on that stage, and fired round after round after round after round?”
https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1813040324161196228?t=WgL5rgUugWIgz4HZgXJrEA&s=19
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“We still have a lot of questions about the Trump assassination attempt, and the Feds are only making this more confusing. The Secret Service is pointing their fingers at the locals and the locals are pointing their fingers back. Now a local Pennsylvania station is reporting that local law enforcement spotted Crooks nearly HALF AN HOUR BEFORE the shooting and called it in. Why wasn’t any action taken?
The FBI somehow says they still don’t have a motive. The Pittsburgh FBI Field Office is running point on this investigation- the same field office that buried the Biden bribery tip in Ukraine. And Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle says she won’t resign, but will do an internal investigation. How do we know her internal investigation isn’t going to be a cover-up? Under her watch, the Secret Service destroyed their texts from January 6 and blew up the White House cocaine.”
https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1813020931477930034?t=WDqbPOJ9ov1dCZbHOsIwYg&s=19
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“BREAKING: A police counter sn*per team was *inside* the building that Thomas Crooks shot from *during* the sho*ting according to the New York Post.
This just keeps getting more insane.
According to sources who spoke with the Post, Crooks was literally climbing on top of the building where the “watch post” for the sn*pers was located.”
The building, the AGR International Inc. factory in Butler, Pennsylvania, was being used by local police as a “watch post” for sn*pers to scan for threats as the former president spoke onstage only 130 yards away,” the Post reported.
Crooks was reportedly spotted at the building 26 minutes before the incident.”
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1813010391942984128?t=sMEVrwa_OY1aILL3mpaG4A&s=19
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I was not aware of it, but in June of this year our state legislature passed a resolution calling all willing TN residents and citizens to a season of prayer and intermittent fasting from July 1 to July 31.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — State Rep. Monty Fritts, R-Kingston, asks Tennesseans, who are physically able and spiritually inclined to do so, to join him in a Month of Prayer and Fasting.
House Joint Resolution 803, signed by Gov. Bill Lee in April, designates the month of July as a time of prayer and intermittent fasting in the state. The resolution seeks God’s hand of mercy and healing due to the increase of violence, drug addiction and brokenness in many homes across Tennessee and our nation.
“I hope Tennesseans will join me during this time of prayer, seeking God’s face and repentance,” Fritts said. “This month, I ask that the Lord Jesus heal our land by removing the violence, addiction, human trafficking and corruption that plague our state and our nation. My hope is that the Holy Spirit fills all of our lives with peace, love and joy.”
How does this work?
Read HJR803 during a church service
Examine our lives in light of God’s Word and confess our sins
Ask for His forgiveness and mercy, and commit to stand firmly on the principles of God
Join in prayer and intermittent fasting as a means of demonstrating our desire for repentance
Beginning July 1, Rep. Fritts and co-sponsor Senator Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, plan to visit all 95 counties in Tennessee. They will visit courthouses and places of worship to read the resolution, profess the need for repentance and join in prayer together.
For more information on the resolution, when they plan to visit your county and more, visit the Pray4TN website.
https://tnhousegop.org/state-rep-monty-fritts-encourages-tennesseans-to-participate-in-month-of-prayer-and-fasting/
The full text of the bill is found here:
Click to access HJR0803.pdf
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Well that unity thing didn’t last long….
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https://x.com/_emergent_/status/1812934615373607074?t=mVPVHU_QFIuYDUTY4l8wgg&s=19
“This kind of rhetoric has no place in America.”
Except straight out of your mouth.”
——
“Joe Biden just reneged on his entire Oval Office speech from last night and is now essentially saying that Donald Trump incited the violence against himself.
This is incendiary rhetoric all over again.
I’m not shocked he didn’t even last 24 hours.”
https://x.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/status/1812964057588330503?t=Iin6_BKr9NS8t5fxAmT3lw&s=19
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In case you.missed it…..
“David Sacks Torches the Biden Administration at the 2024 Republican National Convention (Full Speech)”
The Biden / Harris administration has taken a world that was at peace under President Trump and they lit it on fire…Rather than bolstering confidence in American leadership as he promised, President Biden has become the symbol of an America in decline. This may be our present but it does not have to be our future.”
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1813029431083946079?t=1IuVK87uwQHp25JXVRSI6Q&s=19
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Nice.
“Elon Musk plans to support Donald Trump’s campaign by contributing $45 million a month to a new super PAC aimed at electing President Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal”
https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1813015467516170398?t=efPdvmvz8C5M7ApSl_SYVw&s=19
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Personally, I think we should just recognize the word fight for what it has always been known to mean. Many words have double meanings. Those who want to say it means violent acts are people who will find all kinds of reasons to say others hate.
I just saw one person claim the call to ‘fight’ was never used in sports, ever, and has forever been used to mean a call for violence. I am sorry, but that is ridiculous.
Same with the words, target, bull’s eye etc.
Political gatherings are like the pregame cheerleading sessions we used to have in school. Enthusiasm is important in elections. The enthusiasm amazes me. No government leader can really deliver all that the people want.
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I guess that person Kathaleena saw who claims the call to “fight” was never used in sports, ever, never heard of a fight song.
Or the chant I remember from high school football games, “Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down, fight fight fight!”
Ridiculous indeed.
I don’t fault Biden for his bulls-eye comment or Trump for “Fight!”
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Then there is the Fighting Irish.
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2 Timothy 4: 7 and a whole lot more come to mind.
I have fought the good fight…
mumsee
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“It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye” in and of itself would be fairly harmless. However, it becomes dangerous because Biden and Dems have consistently called Pres Trump a fascist dictator and the greatest threat to our Republic, among other hateful things. They themselves might not even believe this stuff, but they’re hoping that others out there will believe it, and might even take matters in their own hands.
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Context matters.
mumsee
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Vance was an interesting choice that could pay off or not.
After reading a bit about him, and some other comments this morning:
On the downside, there’s inexperience and being (for now) so closely (too closely?) aligned with Trump — that will help with the base but may not do much to enlarge it by connecting with and bringing in at least some GOP/conservative moderates and independents.
And it’s curious about his earlier — extremely harsh — statements about Trump and his followers — things I would never say (and never did) about Trump or his supporters. Pretty much went beyond what many would be comfortable with. Hitler? Followers are “idiots”?
But now he’s flipped and is “all in” the camp, with gusto? Odd, and possibly a little unsettling without some more context from him at some point.
There’s much to like about him, his youth and energy, some charisma(?); he may not be fully “formed” as a rising politician, seems like he’s kind of feeling his way through it all right now.
But we’ll see how that all goes.
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He does have an impressive resume and while I didn’t read his earlier book, I’ve heard good things about it.
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But as one commentator noted: “I find it hard to get a read on Vance, who seems willing to change his image for expediency.”
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A young man in a hurry?
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WSJ editorial:
~ … Short though it might be, Mr. Vance’s public record is defined by his political migration. He came to prominence in 2016 after publishing a bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” which told a story of the Rust Belt that was more about cultural dysfunction than globalization and economic dislocation. …
… The foreign policy concerns are also significant. Mr. Vance has opposed aid to Ukraine, while spreading crude calumnies about Volodymyr Zelensky’s government: “There are people who would cut Social Security, throw our grandparents into poverty. Why? So that one of Zelensky’s ministers can buy a bigger yacht?” Perhaps he will shed his isolationist impulses in office, but they’re worrisome. …
… Mr. Vance’s selection was urged on Mr. Trump by his son, Don Jr., and seems like a play to pass the Trump mantle to a new generation in 2028. But Mr. Trump’s appeal hasn’t been heritable so far, and it will depend on a successful second term and Mr. Vance’s ability to broaden his adopted MAGA profile. His Saturday tweet blaming Democrats for the assassination attempt on Mr. Trump was at the very least bad judgment that belies Mr. Trump’s new desire to campaign on unity.
Mr. Trump’s choice also suggests he’s so confident in his electoral prospects that he didn’t need a running mate to reach swing voters. Perhaps he’s right, though we suspect the White House is relieved he didn’t choose a more experienced and reassuring political figure.
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I just listened to Glenn Becks thoughts on Trumps pick of Vance on instagram. I was impressed
jo
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I would suggest that Vance is not the first to swim in the pond before deciding what he actually believed. It is a process. Pray for him and family.
mumsee
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Well that editorial piece confirms my resolve that Vance was the right choice.😊
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Ha. That’s pretty much what I thought, NJ. It never fails that when someone expresses a serious opposition to the war de jour, they’re immediately dubbed an isolationist. So I guess it’s back to “isolationists” vs “warmongers”. So much for party unity. :–)
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In order for us to believe this was a security failure and not an inside operation, these are the things we are required to believe simultaneously:
A suicidal 20-year-old was motivated to plan out an elaborate assassination attempt even though suicidal thoughts tend to make people unmotivated and incapable of the long-term planning required to pull something like this off.
A 20-year-old was capable of getting an assault rifle into an ex-president’s event on a first try.
A 20-year-old was capable of getting an assault rifle to the perfect sniper spot – elevated, within 150 yds of his target.
A 20-year-old was trained to go for a head shot, not center mass like every other human on earth who isn’t a military-grade sniper who needs a one-shot kill to allow him to potentially escape. If this assassin had not gone for a one-shot JFK-style headshot, and instead, shot center mass, Pres. Trump would be dead.
A 20-year-old KNEW that there was no drone in the sky.
A 20-year-old KNEW that there was no threat on that roof.
A 20-year-old KNEW the counter sniper wouldn’t fire.
A 20-year-old was able to train himself, carry out this plan by himself, and conduct a military-grade operation against a political target even though all the kids in his school hated him and he was suicidal.
Also, the 20-year-old coincidentally just happened to be in a commercial for BlackRock.
They were aware of Crooks’ presence on site almost a half an hour beforehand, so among many other questions, why wasn’t Pres. Trump taken off stage until the possible threat was cleared? And why did the counter sniper not shoot first?
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It does sound fishy, Tychicus, and I am resigned to probably never knowing the truth of the matter. My grandchildren may have the opportunity to read the final reports once they’re finally declassified 50 or 60 years hence.
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Interesting the political divide we certainly do have around here 🙂 Therein will lie the challenge going forward for the broader conservative movement in the US.
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I’ve just started re-reading Teddy White’s “Making of the President 1968” — a year I remember well, probably others here do as well.
In that year it was the Democrats and the broader liberal political movement that broke into pieces with no shortage of drama, sadly some violence, and ill will that wasn’t quick to go away.
I suppose political movements find themselves going through these fissures every few decades.
So here we are.
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Debra, I think there are still unanswered questions about the JFK assassination. Time doesn’t always clear it all up. There were dozens and dozens of theories about that that went on for years. Questions, but no clear answers.
And sometimes the straight-forward explanation gets it right, after all.
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They are masters of deflection!!! And they are all clowns! The violent extremists are leftists and they would retaliate by attempting to finish the job!!
U.S. authorities are concerned about possible attacks in retaliation to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said Monday in a rare joint intelligence bulletin.
Violent extremists or others “may attempt follow-on or retaliatory acts of violence” in response to the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally over the weekend in Pennsylvania, the agencies said in the bulletin obtained by POLITICO.
No specific targets are mentioned, but the four-page bulletin notes that extremists have conducted or plotted attacks against “perceived political or ideological opponents,” in the past, the DHS and FBI said.
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I appreciated reading Vance’s memoir and it gave me an appreciation for how high we’ve stacked the decks against many people.
He’s risen a long way from a life which, unfortunately, too many folks endure in our country.
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Anonymous, that’s what I’ve heard from others who read his book.
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People, life and politics (and politicians) are complex, many facets to all of it.
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And good talk by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
* dj
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Ben Carson…what a dear brother. It was a good rally tonight for the RNC..
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Oh well I’m shocked that the Never Trumpers at the WSJ are critical of Vance. 🙄
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