• Hegar@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    they would now lose the possibility of using it rhetorically.

    I think you’re over-estimating their commitment to logic, consistency or reality.

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      3 months ago

      They don’t, but it also has to sink in with the general public. When both sides are being switched out, there’s a very obvious argument against the claim.

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        3 months ago

        That makes sense but MAGA has always leaned hard on the “but when I do it, it’s OK” rhetoric.