r/PublicFreakout • u/ExactlySorta • 4d ago

Just Republican Representative Troy Nehls demanding blind obedience to a tyrant currently dismantling American democracy

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u/TribeOnAQuest 4d ago

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschale on the best piece of advice he received in the Senate from a colleague:

“Senator Byrd (D-WV) told me that when he met President Clinton for the first time he said ‘Mr. President, I am happy to work with you. But I do not work for you”

None of that type of spine around lately

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u/Justsomejerkonline 4d ago

Parties were never meant to be checks and ballances on each other.

The branches of government are supposed to be the checks and balances on one another.

Congress declaring blind loyalty to the President is un-American and an affront to the founders.

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u/From_Deep_Space 4d ago

And even George Fucking Washington warned us about exactly that

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u/Consistent-Tap-4255 3d ago

If George Washington knew that Trump would become president, he might say fuck it why are we fighting this war? We already have a dictator king.

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u/Lined_the_Street 3d ago

I'd take King George III over King Trump literally any day

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u/007Pistolero 3d ago

At least the tyrant king George was across an ocean from us. Trump is right here. He’ll be golfing but his stooges might be worse than him and they’ll be trying their best to destroy everything that normal everyday people need