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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:52 AM Mar 2017

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Each Shows How SCREWED We Are With Trump/GOP. Resistance Must Be Constant.

Certainly the town halls have had some effect on the repeal bill. However ironically it was the legislators who want a repeal only bill that really killed it. It was killed for the worst of reason. Still almost all of the GOP reps wanted to vote for it. It would have passed had the freedom caucus not interfered. By pushing the draconian amendments that reduced even more service it lost moderates who are still right wingers.

The resistant will have to be like a long war where you can never rest. In time some GOP legislators might retreat from their extremism. We have to watch them like a venomous snake.

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Each Shows How SCREWED We Are With Trump/GOP. Resistance Must Be Constant. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Mar 2017 OP

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. WhiteTara Mar 2017 #1

No doubt... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #2

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

1. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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Mon Mar 27, 2017, 11:50 AM

Mar 2017

This is attributed to Thomas Jefferson, even though there is no evidence he said it. However the sentiment is important.

Wounded Bear

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2. No doubt...

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Mon Mar 27, 2017, 11:52 AM

Mar 2017

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