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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Oct 14, 2022, 08:56 PM Oct 2022

Senator RoJo, you can be critical of America and still love it. Your cheap shot shows you don't

understand that.

Ron Johnson just couldn't bring himself to do it. Given the chance to offer just an ounce of civility to what had been a heated debate with his opponent in the U.S. Senate race, Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Johnson went low.

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Asked the softest of softball questions — “What do you find admirable about your opponent?” — Barnes called Johnson a “family man,” saying, “I absolutely respect that.”

Johnson praised Barnes' parents for raising him but couldn't find anything positive to say about Barnes himself. And then came this kicker:

“I guess what puzzles me about that is with that upbringing, why has he turned on America, and why does he find America awful,” Wisconsin's senior senator said, drawing a chorus of boos from the crowd at Marquette University’s Varsity Theatre.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senator-johnson-critical-america-still-194642361.html
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Senator RoJo, you can be critical of America and still love it. Your cheap shot shows you don't (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 OP
the LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT folk Skittles Oct 2022 #1
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