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bronxiteforever

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35. So because we lost in 2016 we were predestined to lose in 2024?

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:50 PM

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Seems like you are cherry picking times. We were in power in 2021-2024. We are in this position today because of the election of 2024.

Maybe at some point people are responsible for their votes. The majority of voters in 2024 elected Trump.
There was no predestination to that. The American public chose him and not us. That is how we got the second Trump term. We survived 2016. 2024 is whole different story.

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