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DFW

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1. Republicans have long ignored residence requirements for their state officials.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:03 PM

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From Oz in Pennsylvania in 2024 all the way back to Jim Buckley as Senator from New York while living in Connecticut in 1970.
When a sitting US Senator thinks the three branches of government are the Executive, the Senate and the House, it should not come as a surprise to anyone that there is a border between Florida and Alabama, that he is on the wrong side of it to be governor of Alabama, and that he doesn't know that.

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Opinion This bloviating Trumper wants to govern red state -- while apparently living elsewhere [View all] turbinetree Monday OP

Republicans have long ignored residence requirements for their state officials. DFW Monday #1

Totally agree................ turbinetree Monday #2