“We recognize that, in the next four years, our decision may cause us to have an even more difficult time. But we believe that this will give us a chance to recalibrate, and the Democrats will have to consider whether they want our votes or not.”

That’s gotta be one of the strangest reasonings I’ve heard in a while.

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    Republicans and Democrats have always been on the same side regarding war. And most other things.

    A single republican out of a red state calling for killings is far different than the leader of a party, and the one that can stop it, allowing it

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      What makes you think that Biden could stop support to Israel?

      Obama couldn’t close down Guantanamo and the stakes were a lot lower.

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          Reagan had Tip O’Neil in the Congress and Biden has Mike Johnson.

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            Reagan made a direct call to Begin and demanded a ceasefire on Lebanon or else Israel loses all access to weapons and aircraft. He didn’t need Tip O’Neil.

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              Trump’s Evangelicals would happily nuke the whole Middle East if they thought it would bring the Rapture.

              That’s besides rolling voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and human rights in general.

              I agree with Biden 51% of the time. I disagree with Trump 100% of the time.