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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI learned a new word today - "Vassal"
nounhistorical
noun: vassal; plural noun: vassals
a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
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Used in a sentence -
Republicans in Congress are not Representatives or Senators, they are in reality Vassals of Donald Trump.
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I learned a new word today - "Vassal" (Original Post)
orangecrush
14 hrs ago
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JI7
(93,275 posts)1. They are representative of the people that voted for them
They are in Congress because they got the most votes. In most cases they won by larger majority.
orangecrush
(28,733 posts)2. They have turned their backs on those voters
And knelt before his orange hogness.
Redleg
(6,834 posts)3. We seem to be making a return to feudalism
Perhaps that is what Trump meant by "the Golden Age."
orangecrush
(28,733 posts)4. Truth
JI7
(93,275 posts)5. Most voters in those distrcts are MAGA