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jimmy the one

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5. Also: Of the people, for the republicans, and by the republicans

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 02:32 PM

Jul 5

No trumpass hasn't actually twisted Lincoln's remarks in that fashion that I've seen, but it's certainly what trumpass is practicing.
And Abraham Lincoln was a republican, so that's what he surely meant, eh? Trumpass?

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