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Miles Archer

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Sat Dec 22, 2018, 04:42 PM Dec 2018

Rep. Joe Kennedy III: Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta in numbers

Rep. Joe Kennedy III

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Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta in numbers:
-4M working age Americans lost health care
-$1.5T corporate handout
-$779B deficit
-Worst Dec stock market since 1931
-17% increase in hate crimes
-2,654 migrant kids taken from families
-~40,000 gun deaths in 2017

But wait there’s more.

6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018




Rep. Joe Kennedy III

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Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta (cont’d):
-US added to list of deadliest countries for journalists for 1st time ever
-US greenhouse gas emissions rise by 2.5%
-5 Trump aide guilty pleas
-17 (known) Trump/Russia investigations
-3 gov't shutdowns
-Numerous allies abandoned

6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018


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Rep. Joe Kennedy III: Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta in numbers (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2018 OP
Off to the greatest page malaise Dec 2018 #1
... sheshe2 Dec 2018 #2
Merry Christmas America!!! spanone Dec 2018 #3
Nothing like a lump of Trump in your stocking C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #4
The deplorables can go trump themselves. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #9
Oh, they'll get trumped but won't understand who just f'cked them royally. erronis Dec 2018 #11
Deficits enid602 Dec 2018 #5
and that's just an outline Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #6
But her emails Augiedog Dec 2018 #7
So Much Winning Roy Rolling Dec 2018 #8
Good Times. Good Times; djacq Dec 2018 #10
Bravo. This is exactly the kind of terse fact presentations we need to raise awareness and passion. JudyM Dec 2018 #12
K and R. Wake up America! oasis Dec 2018 #13

erronis

(15,252 posts)
11. Oh, they'll get trumped but won't understand who just f'cked them royally.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 07:04 PM
Dec 2018

Been down so long that having another clown screw them over seems normal. At least there was a bit of carnival before the reaming.

enid602

(8,616 posts)
5. Deficits
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 05:04 PM
Dec 2018

I hate to quibble with Joe, but I think our deficit for this year is actually $1T, and tRump has requested permission to ring up a $1.5 T for next year.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,345 posts)
6. and that's just an outline
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 05:12 PM
Dec 2018

If you start filling in all the details, it's even worse.

Educate the electorate.

People need to face up to what GOPers, their billionaire donors, Fox, and some voters have wrought. Those who think voting doesn't matter need to know.

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