President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.

    • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Trump outsmarts no one. He bullies and bluffs because thats all his handlers know to do. Biden has a slightly less confrontational crew on his ship

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        I think there’s a valid argument to be made that the cheeto did “outsmart” the gop, for certain values of smart. He tapped into the country’s desire for overt racism under a strongman fascist figure in a way no one else was recognizing in 2016, and as a result he made every single GOPer bend the knee to him, even his most vocal critics.

        Sure, that could only happen to a party with no policy and zero principles, but he did it. He became the chief pile of shit on his throne overlooking his subjects made of watery diarrhea.

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          He didn’t outsmart the GOP, he just appealed to the primary voter more. Lots of celebrity status and strongman type talk. After that GOP does what it does best, fall in line lest the Dems win.

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      The Idiot has never outsmarted anyone. He just does crimes in the open and is politely excused from consequence by a protective layer of corrupt bastards.

      He was caught on tape extorting a foreign ally for electoral interference. He was turned in by nonpartisan career diplomats. He was impeached for that fffucking obvious high crime. But then nothing happened.

      His idiot son proudly shared the e-mails where his campaign colluded with Russian agents to exchange foreign policy for electoral interference. But then nothing happened.

      The FBI found classified documents laying around every room of his mansion - including the fucking pool closet - and we’re still waiting to see if our courts are functional enough to do anything about that.

      He’s openly inviting quid-pro-quo bribery, now. Why hide it? Consequences aren’t allowed to happen to him.