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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Trump threatening to send troops to Illinois?
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Ask Putin | |
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Isn't that where Obama's from? | |
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He's gotta teach em a lesson for not voting for him | |
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Oh, it's another tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury | |
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He's insanely jealous that the governor there has lost weight | |
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He's just trying to deflect attention from the fact that he's actually dead | |
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His real job is to make rude loud noises while his pals pillage the treasury | |
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Whenever he's afraid to show his face in public, he does his tough-guy bluster schtick | |
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He can only remember some stock phrases: immigrants, national guard, peace prize, tariffs ... | |
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As long as everybody's jabbering about troops in Chicago, he can play golf for another week or so | |
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Why is Trump threatening to send troops to Illinois? (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Aug 31
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B.See
(6,350 posts)1. What? No "all the above"
ZDU
(716 posts)2. He's a racist piece of shit
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Silent Type
(10,845 posts)3. Because it ticks Democrats off, and his rube supporters love it.
Scrivener7
(57,028 posts)4. To distract from EPSTEIN.