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Ol Janx Spirit

(1,077 posts)
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:19 PM Thursday

"For too long, a small group in our nation's Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people..."

...have borne the cost."

Those words were spoken by President [REDACTED] in his first inaugural address in 2017.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/inaugural-address-14

They certainly ring a bit different today don't they?

I would really like to see some ads running with clips of that part of the speech against all the grift and destruction of the last year-and-a-half--with the latest "I don't think about Americans' financial situation" clip and pictures of gas price signs to cap it all off.

The two-headed monster of corruption and the economy are the Democrats' best weapon against the destruction of our democracy going into the midterms. I hope we will see some serious hay being made while there is still a little sunlight getting through the darkness.


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