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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. 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 theres more.
6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018
Rep. Joe Kennedy III
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Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta (contd):
-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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@RepJoeKennedy
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 theres more.
6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018
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Rep. Joe Kennedy III
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Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta (contd):
-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
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malaise
(268,997 posts)1. Off to the greatest page
Great post
sheshe2
(83,758 posts)2. ...
spanone
(135,831 posts)3. Merry Christmas America!!!
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)4. Nothing like a lump of Trump in your stocking
to put a big stink all over the holidays.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)9. The deplorables can go trump themselves. . . . nt
erronis
(15,252 posts)11. Oh, they'll get trumped but won't understand who just f'cked them royally.
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
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
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.
Augiedog
(2,546 posts)7. But her emails
Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)8. So Much Winning
The prez is aggressively lobbying Merriam-Webster to change the definition of "winning".
djacq
(1,634 posts)10. Good Times. Good Times;
[link:
|JudyM
(29,241 posts)12. Bravo. This is exactly the kind of terse fact presentations we need to raise awareness and passion.
oasis
(49,383 posts)13. K and R. Wake up America!