Democrats used to openly call Dick Cheney a war criminal...
He owned it too well. Call him a war criminal and he says "yeah, and?" and signs a gallon water jug with a rag in the handle.
Then he shoots a friend in the face, and gets the friend to apologize on national TV
Ain't that some shit
They mean it as a compliment
Buddy "Carter" democrats haven't been in charge since well Carter, everyone swung way right now matter what the media tells the gen pop.
Oh no! A cordial politician
WHATEVER WILL WE DO?!?! this is literally the end times, oh my God.
Being cordial to a war criminal is not something to praise
It's not just a cordial politician.
It's the (by far) least awful prospective president giving thanks for crimes against humanity to a war criminal via his daughter who defends all his actions to this day.
And politics is pagentry. Liberals believe strongly in the rituals of the state, and the respect of "the office". It almost never matters who the shitbag was who held the office, for them a part of the system is playing your role and not deviating from the script.
This conveys nothing but the fact that she's following the script of political society.
There are other reasons to dislike Harris. Better reasons. Reasons founded on something other than the want for people to ignore the established customs of the space they're inhabiting.
I prefer my candidate of choice to not be cordial with war criminals, but you do you I guess.
can anyone find another source that claims that she said this? This Spiering guy is a former Breitbart reporter, so I'd take what he has to say with a grain of salt
Democrats helped push through the “Patriot Act” and GWOT. They’re shit bags too. Never forget that liberals are just soft racists too. The heritage of this country is inequality striving to turn equal. It’s just a bunch of old minds are in the way.
Obligatory reminder that Cheney literally does not have a heart, nor a pulse.
His heart was replaced by a continuous flow pump after something like 4 heart operations/transplants/surgeries.
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