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1. They 100% wanted this. There was nothing about it that wasn't by design.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:29 PM

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They just wanted only democrats to object.

The only thing that went wrong from their perspective is that too many republicans got cold feet and didn't stick to blind allegiance to dear leader.

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They 100% wanted this. There was nothing about it that wasn't by design. unblock Thursday #1

Exactly, well said. Their failure was not realizing that many Republicans are also sick of this and would object. Rhiannon12866 Thursday #2

Yes, they wanted this. The backlash is not what they were expecting. mwmisses4289 Thursday #3