re: I’ll vote whatever republican

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Did either party put a stop to the totalitarian COVID policies?

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Are you really saying there was no difference between the parties regarding COVID policies? Keeping in mind that the feds were controlled by a Dem Senate, House, and POTUS. Did you NOT notice the difference between Dem and Republican controlled states? Or even Dem vs. Republican counties and cities?

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Did either party do anything about states violating their own election laws?

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Are you in a news blackout area? Yes, there were attempts in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona (and more) by Republicans to investigate the election shenanigans and they were blocked time and again by Dem legislatures, Dem election officials, and Dem judges, as well as some turncoat Rhinos.

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Has either party sought to abolish all federal gun laws as infringements forbidden in the constitution?

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Well that’s a pretty high bar; ALL gun laws? I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a push to revoke the law preventing violent felons from obtaining or possession firearms. However, the Republicans surely attempted to block (and in some cases, did block) restrictive gun laws passed/proposed by the DEM CONTROLLED CONGRESS.

I also saw that conservative Supreme Court Justices, APPOINTED BY REPUBLICANS, threw out the handgun ban in New York.

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Has either party upheld the constitutional mandate to defend our borders and protect us from invasion?

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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Didn’t Trump push for funding of the border wall, and when blocked by the minority party, found creative ways to find a good portion of it from other funds? Didn’t DeSantis and Abbot just create a media storm by demonstrating the hypocrisy of the Dem Party immigration disaster?

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Has either party done a damn thing about businesses violating First Amendment rights of Americans?

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In this case, it’s the libertarian leaning Republicans who join with the Dems to block FEDERAL REGULATION on tech companies, up until the Dems took control of both houses. But more and more MAGA Republicans are prepared to reign in Big Tech violations of free speech.

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I can keep going, but the days of supporting a candidate because of the R behind their name are long gone for me.

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Well I agree with you in general, but remember that we don’t get to pick the best candidate for the office. We ONLY get to vote for one of a pair or a small group of candidates. We are often stuck with the Big Douche vs. Turd Sandwich choice.

The system is far from perfect, but electing a Dem, or not voting for the Turd Sandwich Rep, and thus allowing the Dem to get elected means that the Dem Party platform is going to be enacted, even if your particular state’s Dem “doesn’t seem as bad as the others”.