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minus-squareabff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.uslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoTruman was a true Democrat. As for the current GOP candidate, well, he was a registered Democrat in the 00’s when he was running The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice. And, as President: He said he’d join with Democrats if the Republican legistators would not get in line with his plans, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-now-says-he-wants-to-work-with-democrats–but-it-may-already-be-too-late/2017/03/28/93392c54-1311-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html It wouldn’t be the only time he went with the Dems either, https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/politics/trump-meeting-with-democrats-deal/index.html And of course, this from former GOP Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356346-ryan-mocks-wh-for-being-full-of-ny-liberals-and-wall-street-ceos/ In truth the GOP guy isn’t a Democrat in Republican clothing or a Republican in Democrat clothing. Both are suits he’s willing to try on to hide the ugly truth of what he really is.
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoIt’s Democrats that are in Republican clothing
minus-squareabff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.uslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIt’s unfair to point that out without also pointing out the current GOP presidential candidate is a former registered Democrat in Republican clothing.
Truman was a true Democrat.
As for the current GOP candidate, well, he was a registered Democrat in the 00’s when he was running The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice.
And, as President:
He said he’d join with Democrats if the Republican legistators would not get in line with his plans,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-now-says-he-wants-to-work-with-democrats–but-it-may-already-be-too-late/2017/03/28/93392c54-1311-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html
It wouldn’t be the only time he went with the Dems either, https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/politics/trump-meeting-with-democrats-deal/index.html
And of course, this from former GOP Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356346-ryan-mocks-wh-for-being-full-of-ny-liberals-and-wall-street-ceos/
In truth the GOP guy isn’t a Democrat in Republican clothing or a Republican in Democrat clothing. Both are suits he’s willing to try on to hide the ugly truth of what he really is.
It’s Democrats that are in Republican clothing
It’s unfair to point that out without also pointing out the current GOP presidential candidate is a former registered Democrat in Republican clothing.