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uponit7771

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9. Not you!!! The president and other movement leaders!!! We need to vote for people who are down with the cause ...

Reply to Keepthesoulalive (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:54 AM

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... first and it's **STARTS** with congress not the president.

FDR had a avg 65% Congress throughout his presidency that's what got him legislation he wanted.

We can have that now, that grass roots movement would need to start in communities that aren't traditional blue.

Public option after MAGA got rid of Medicare should be popular

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