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A.Gnosticthefirst's avatar

I'm sure most male Republicans wear wife-beater undershirts with a snappy shirt, tie, and suit as a veneer to conceal the corruption and rot inside. If they will protect Trump in his role as a pedo-protector, they are capable of anything. There is no bottom to the pit they have dragged America into.

Kelly A's avatar

Let’s be the change, everyone. And end these double-standards

Arrora's avatar

I believe that's the only reason why they won't say anything is because they feel that they've lost so many of their representatives they don't want to lose another. They're all cowards.

sheryl jeffries's avatar

We definitely need to get Trump out of the office. He’s destroying our country with this awful agenda of his. Not to mention his corruption is completely out of hand

Jennie Lou Penn's avatar

And the police are where??? Wife declined to press charges???? You’d think her father at least would be enraged!!! There is something very wrong with these people and those who allow him to get away with it and continue his seat in Congress!!!

Joan MacLeod's avatar

You are 100% spot on Mike. It is totally disgusting what Republicans just let go with a shrug of their shoulders. Those fake Christians turn my stomach, they will ignore anything just to stay in power. Vote all those assholes out. Vote Blue in huge numbers and make it too big to rig because the Trump Regime are definitely going to be messing with the mid-term and 2028 elections.

Michele Dezbor's avatar

The republican trumpian controlled party welcomes all misogynists, wife beaters, closeted homosexuals, fraudsters, zenophobes, pedofiles, sex traffickers, drug traffickers all sexual perverts, liars, convicted felons, mentally ill and morally and ethically corrupt and lawbreakers into their fold. That is the trumpian republican party of today. If you support this then vote republican.

Patricia Postle's avatar

You missed one other thing these guys care about: working on accumulating all of America's wealth into their own pockets.

Anna Kingry's avatar

Republicans, you mean? Yes, that's how they behave.

David A. Gill's avatar

So well said, but what exactly can we do about it!?

Bob A's avatar

Gravity isn’t needed in Washington. The whole place sucks

Gert's avatar

What we need is a gigantic sinkhole!

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

No, it does not. There are some fantastic people in Congress. Please pay a little more attention.

Dorothy Li Calzi's avatar

Because they are all doing the same

Patricia Postle's avatar

Graham is out. We said "no" to him.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Well, he's gone and Max Miller isn't. Hopefully Miller will be gone another way; people in my district are surging across town on behalf of his opponent Brian Poindexter (My deep blue district is the other half of this county and region; we don't have to worry about whether our great congresswoman will be reelected).

Also, in his last race, Miller beat TWO opponents on the left by a mere 8,000 votes out of 400,000 cast. He was a little more than 50,000 votes ahead of his Democrat opponent but Dennis Kucinich ran as a spoiler and scarfed up 50,000 votes. And while the district went strongly for Thump in 2024, 55%-45%, Bernie Moreno only eked out a Senate victory in 2024 by 3 points, so Thump was a unique factor who isn't involved this time.

Poindexter has a really shot at ousting Miller.

Christine Schwab-Boudreau's avatar

As a woman, I can't imagine voting for any of these people! I often wonder how these Congressional people who vote for these despicable men look their wives, daughters, mothers, and grandmother's in their eyes and say I will fight and stand up for you! The Republican party has a real problem with woman that is truly disgusting to me! I am nobody's property or punching bag!

Lisa Doherty's avatar

I agree 100% with every word of this.

Elizabeth Fenlon's avatar

Excellent essay, Mike! You are exactly spot on.

SJS52's avatar

There is more than a little corruption in Ohio GOP and there has been for some time. Max Miller has a history of violent behavior. Check out his background. Bernie Merino is a weak and pathetic spineless man. Can you imagine not coming to the defense of your daughter and granddaughter? Unbelievable! Yet believable!