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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope.

They were told to keep the speeches unchanged.

Unity my lilly white ass.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Uniting in political violence which has been the Republican value for about two decades now.

[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll do it. Fuck Ron Johnson

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

No, don't! You don't know what diseases you might get!

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And at no point during his reading of said speech did he realize it was the wrong speech.

Oh no wait that's a fictional universe. This guy's full of shit.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe he has OCD and can't stop once he starts reading out loud. /s

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The easiest way to tell when a republican is lying is that their lips move.

[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 9 points 1 month ago

He meant exactly what he said.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 1 month ago

He's won his base. Now he's won those close. Placating moderates is next. This is basic politics.

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oopsies! My bad! Tihi.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Veep ass story