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Bettie

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10. The big one for me is something they SHOULD NOT do

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 03:49 PM

23 hrs ago

and that is putting out a hand in friendship and forgiveness to Republicans, talk about "working across the aisle with our friends on the other side!"...um, if these guys are your friends, you either have terrible friends or no idea of what a friend is.

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