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    Massie: “The fact our leaders are pedophiles, rapists and murderers isn’t a problem, it’s only my party’s reputation that matters.”

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        I commend Massie on recognizing that his Party’s moral code has shifted to be closer to Lavrentiy Beria than Abraham Lincoln

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        he likely isnt funded like the rest of his party, probably not by the same billionaires, and like someone mention probably by donors that thier bottom line is getting hurt by trumps exposure of the files and tariffs.

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        Damning with praise so faint even Hubble couldn’t detect it.

        Your statement is basically equivalent to “Massie is the only one in the entire party who isn’t a criminal co-conspirator.” (And even then, the scope of that claim is limited to that particular set of crimes!)

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          He’s literally going against everyone else in the party on the Epstein thing… I don’t understand what you are talking about.

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            It’s fucking horrifying that the contents of the Trump-Epstein files has now been so normalized that you’re actually defending Massie and his whining about his party’s “months of humiliation.” If the senator was decent human being he would be loudly calling for immediate resignations, investigations, prosecutions and prison time for those proven guilty of these contemptible crimes,

            Massie’s “literally going against everyone else in the party on the ‘Epstein thing’” (Really?), is only notable because of the tacit approval of human trafficking, child rape and murder by the rest of the Grand Old Pedophiles.

            That’s what I’m talking about.

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              “Calling for” amongst that congress? They have had people call for that, it changes nothing. Why is it every time a republican turns on the party instead of supporting them in what we agree on we attack them for lack of purity?

              Just like MTG, after the president disowned her left subs were overrun by people attacking her purity. No we can’t agree with her because this or that, a standard that would preclude working with, agreeing with, anyone in congress. Preclude working with anyone really, not the least with groups like Israel being the ones pushing those character attacks with armies of mechanized trolls to play us.

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                Massie deserves some credit for what he’s doing, but he does not deserve accolades. He readily admits it’s to protect his party from the political fallout of the worst cover-up this country has ever seen.

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                  So what? Who fucking cares if he qualifies for sainthood, as if we, and especially you, would be in a position to judge that. As I said, with the worst people in the world feeding us the opinions on their purity.

                  As if we didn’t need allies, had won, and were arrogantly dispensing retribution like after world war 1. We need all the allies we can get, no one is perfect, and we aren’t in a position to judge their character effectively. Let’s work with everyone that agrees with us on an issue, and not reject help we can’t win without because someone tells us they are a bad person.

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                    Why do you keep babbling about “purity”? This is not about purity, it’s about basic decency and that is sorely lacking in every single GOP member, including Massie. If you want to sing his praises go right ahead, but don’t expect everyone else to sing harmony.

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                You think outrage about literally decades of kidnapping, human trafficking, child rape, blackmail, murder and cover-up by government means I’ve got a problem? If your sister or cousin was one of their victims, would it matter to you then? Or maybe you would feel something if you were one of those bought, sold and repeatedly raped.

                Today, tomorrow and every day after that our government will continue being twisted beyond recognition by monsters trying to protect themselves, and even if you don’t care about their victims every single one of us is being affected by what they are doing.

                The dribbling release of information is to numb people to the horror of what Trump, Epstein and their ilk have done. The American population is being treated like frogs in slowly heated water and the tepid reactions of people here to what should be unthinkable crimes are proof that it’s working.