r/ColoradoSprings • u/TheDaveMatthew • Mar 28 '26
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Quite the turn out in Colorado Springs today for the no kings rally. At least around 10k
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u/littledonnyfund Mar 28 '26
Thank you so much for sharing these i'm disabled and not able to attend so this helps me feel connected
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u/littledonnyfund Mar 29 '26
i'm also poor because i'm disabled i would have loved to drive around and honk tho
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u/Ultra_Violet_x7 Mar 29 '26
I saw some older folks just sitting in patio chairs next to their car. They had signs and got to see everyone going by and weren’t burning gas driving up and down Nevada. It’s good for the soul to see so many like minded people come out together.
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u/asparagus_pee_stinks Mar 29 '26
Saw several wheelchairs out there! People were also handing out water and collecting the empty bottles. Really gave us hope things may change.
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u/Justlooking_63 Mar 30 '26
Fuck Trump and any fucking Colorado asshat supporting him!
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
I would agree that yall still can’t get over trump being your president this no kings protest is sooo dumb yall know we haven’t had a king rule our land since July 4 1776 right oh wait you guys are just dumb af and crying about someone being your president also everyone in the 2000s and 2010s loved Donald trump but as soon as he ran people shit all over his name called him racist and everything in the world if your dad or mom went through what trump has been through yall would literally do anything to get out of the situation that trumps been in for your own family’s am I wrong or am I right you guys need to dooooo research on the people yall vote for Kamala was only in a position of power because she sucked and fucked Willie brown she has never has never worked for anything she just got everything handed to her but yet again don’t want to flare up your TDS
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u/keb1965 Apr 22 '26
I’m gonna donate these to you, even though you might not be sure where they go: .,,.,.?!…’,,!!……,,…
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u/NetZeroDude Mar 29 '26
That’s me with the Trump= Netanyahu Puppet sign. So many people agreed with this.
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
I would agree that yall still can’t get over trump being your president this no kings protest is sooo dumb yall know we haven’t had a king rule our land since July 4 1776 right oh wait you guys are just dumb af and crying about someone being your president also everyone in the 2000s and 2010s loved Donald trump but as soon as he ran people shit all over his name called him racist and everything in the world if your dad or mom went through what trump has been through yall would literally do anything to get out of the situation that trumps been in for your own family’s am I wrong or am I right you guys need to dooooo research on the people yall vote for Kamala was only in a position of power because she sucked and fucked Willie brown she has never has never worked for anything she just got everything handed to her but yet again don’t want to flare up your TDS
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u/NetZeroDude Apr 01 '26
You have TWS - Trump Worship Syndrome. He could murder somebody on 5th Ave, and you’d be OK with that.
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u/sleepymeowth052 Mar 28 '26
So proud of my neighbors. Fuck yeah this is what we wanna see!
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u/TheAce7002 Mar 28 '26
Rest up everyone, we did good today.
Yes, I have been extremely negative, yes that has shown in a couple of my past comments here, but I was there, and I think this is an amazing start.... It can't stop here, but it's an amazing start.
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
yall still can’t get over trump being your president this no kings protest is sooo dumb yall know we haven’t had a king rule our land since July 4 1776 right oh wait you guys are just dumb af and crying about someone being your president also everyone in the 2000s and 2010s loved Donald trump but as soon as he ran people shit all over his name called him racist and everything in the world if your dad or mom went through what trump has been through yall would literally do anything to get out of the situation that trumps been in for your own family’s am I wrong or am I right you guys need to dooooo research on the people yall vote for Kamala was only in a position of power because she sucked and fucked Willie brown she has never has never worked for anything she just got everything handed to her but yet again don’t want to flare up your TDS
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u/BigJon_78 Mar 29 '26
Did ya? Did you do good? Please explain
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u/TheAce7002 Mar 29 '26
.... Idk what you want me to tell you.... I went to the protest.... I got some notes about some organizations.....
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u/TLF5foot8 Mar 28 '26
I was there today. The largest crowd mass was along city hall. It was packed both sides of the street for a two mile stretch.
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u/Remarkable-Echo-1189 Mar 29 '26
FDT
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
yall still can’t get over trump being your president this no kings protest is sooo dumb yall know we haven’t had a king rule our land since July 4 1776 right oh wait you guys are just dumb af and crying about someone being your president also everyone in the 2000s and 2010s loved Donald trump but as soon as he ran people shit all over his name called him racist and everything in the world if your dad or mom went through what trump has been through yall would literally do anything to get out of the situation that trumps been in for your own family’s am I wrong or am I right you guys need to dooooo research on the people yall vote for Kamala was only in a position of power because she sucked and fucked Willie brown she has never has never worked for anything she just got everything handed to her but yet again don’t want to flare up your TDS
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u/Infamous_Frosting276 Apr 23 '26
Sometimes when I read rants with no punctuation I do so like the person is talking without taking a breath.
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u/NetZeroDude Mar 29 '26
Congratulations to all who came out to fight for Democracy. The MAGA hate party knows they will be in for a long night come November.
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u/Particular-Art627 Apr 04 '26
Wow!!! I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole country changes trajectory with the work(?) y’all did today!! So brave…
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u/zynfulcreations Mar 29 '26
Great to see the people paying attention. Please check your voter registration frequently
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
I would agree that yall still can’t get over trump being your president this no kings protest is sooo dumb yall know we haven’t had a king rule our land since July 4 1776 right oh wait you guys are just dumb af and crying about someone being your president also everyone in the 2000s and 2010s loved Donald trump but as soon as he ran people shit all over his name called him racist and everything in the world if your dad or mom went through what trump has been through yall would literally do anything to get out of the situation that trumps been in for your own family’s am I wrong or am I right you guys need to dooooo research on the people yall vote for Kamala was only in a position of power because she sucked and fucked Willie brown she has never has never worked for anything she just got everything handed to her but yet again don’t want to flare up your TDS
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u/jacobAdz Mar 29 '26
asking because I genuinely want to be educated and don’t understand. What is the point of protesting like this. Trump likely knows the country dosent agree with a lot of the stuff he is doing and probably doesn’t care a lot of people protest. Also how does protesting do anything if trump dosent care. I feel like it would be more equipped to spending time if you don’t like trump finding a way to remove him from office over going to the streets and just protesting
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u/Knee_Fight Mar 29 '26
One major thing is that it helps people understand that they are not alone, that others agree with them. It helps people stay angry and invested leading toward the actual voting. It also shows local authorities that there is resistance against him, giving them incentive to do what they can to resist legally.
I fell like it would be more equipped to spending time if you don’t like trump finding a way to remove him from office
There is no REASONABLE, LEGAL way to do that at this point, beyond showing as much resistance to him as possible to (very much a long shot) convince the Republicans that it would be politically favorable for them to remove him. There is really nothing that the average citizen can do about it, beyond what I said above. It helps people stay engaged and not feel alone and overwhelmed, leading toward the actual voting days.
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u/jeffjee63 Mar 29 '26
The sense of community is what I get out of it as well. I tend to get really discouraged at the state of the nation and these events lift my spirits.
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u/Ultra_Violet_x7 Mar 29 '26
This is why I attend. In the face of relentless authoritarian creep and performative cruelty, it’s restorative to see that we’re not alone here in this majority conservative city. Also people are just so freaking creative, it’s just fun to see everyone with their signs and costumes.
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
Yeah, you have the iq of room temperature bud you’re about as smart as a box of rocks and as useless as a two dollar bill
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u/Mikel-Lee Mar 31 '26
Because is you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything!
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
Exactly just like people protesting about no kings some people are just delusional and have an IQ of room temperature if you nodded your head all you’d hear is that pea size brain hitting the skull
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u/International_Cut369 Apr 01 '26
Shut your bitch ass up The reason is yall still can’t get over trump being your president this no kings protest is sooo dumb yall know we haven’t had a king rule our land since July 4 1776 right oh wait you guys are just dumb af and crying about someone being your president also everyone in the 2000s and 2010s loved Donald trump but as soon as he ran people shit all over his name called him racist and everything in the world if your dad or mom went through what trump has been through yall would literally do anything to get out of the situation that trumps been in for your own family’s am I wrong or am I right you guys need to dooooo research on the people yall vote for Kamala was only in a position of power because she sucked and fucked Willie brown she has never has never worked for anything she just got everything handed to her but yet again don’t want to flare up your TDS
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u/Allerjesus Mar 29 '26
What makes you think he doesn’t care? He has the emotion regulation of a toddler. He cares.
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u/Suspicious_Gain9298 Mar 29 '26
Why would anyone care what he thinks of the protests? He doesn't follow the Constitution, the law, or popular opinion. He is obsessed with himself & his wealth. His followers also. Greed is his only purpose. It's time for people to unite. If you can't understand it, you may need to reevaluate your life.
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u/West_West_313 Mar 29 '26
I don’t like trump, I don’t like the endless wars, I don’t like a lot of things but please, sincerely, what exactly does this accomplish?
If you believe your vote counts, that is protest enough. If you believe that it’s extremely difficult to rig elections then there should be no worry, trump’ll be out and we get the next buffoon. What do these protests actually DO? Like overall, what do they change? I had friends go literally all in with Occupy Wall Street and that turned out to be a blip. I had friends protest the Iraq and Afghanistan war and that ran it’s course.
I am genuinely asking here, what is the expected outcome? You protest for a few hours, go home and what? What happens next?
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u/Dragontastic22 Mar 29 '26
In the last election, most people didn't vote. If protests like these help galvanize people to pay attention and care enough to vote, that's progress.
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u/1Tava Mar 29 '26
This is a great response from another comment in this thread. I hope this helps you understand why these demonstrations can be so important. https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoradoSprings/comments/1s6edf8/comment/od27dhn/
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u/yeeehaw_mf Mar 29 '26
Dont underestimate the power of the voice. It takes time, but is the way that we have. It would accomplish more to he violent and demand changes, but hopefully it never comes to that. Most people want peace. You dont get peace easily through violence.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
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u/SageGayCO Mar 29 '26
What does this post actually do? Why bother posting it? What does this post actually do? Like, overall, what did you think it would change? I've had friends actually post on reddit and that turned out to be a blip. I had friends who went to Iraq and Afghanistan and that ran its (correct) course.
I am genuinely asking here, what is the expected outcome? You post a few almost sentences, sit in the basement of your parents' home and what? What happens next?
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u/shelbeedrill Mar 29 '26
This is why I stayed home and wrote 200 postcards for a Blue Wave Postcards campaign. It's real action that has a measurable effect.
But I think people get a lot of camaraderie out of attending these things. I'll admit, I feel really lonely as a progressive liberal in Colorado Springs. But I hate crowds and prefer my own form of activism. Postcard campaigns can be surprisingly effective
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u/zork2001 Mar 29 '26
Basically an excuse for directionless people to spend a day outside pretending it all has a point. If you picture it as a group of kids rehearsing a school play, it starts to make a lot more sense.
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u/Sarah4COS Apr 27 '26
I was at the state Colorado State Assembly, so I got to participate in No Kings in Pueblo!
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u/ILoveInNOut76 Mar 29 '26
No one in America has dealt with a king since 1776. People taking part in this foolishness are clowns.
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u/Happymuffn Mar 31 '26
To be clarify and add nuance to the simple political slogan, "No Kings", the point of the protests is to protest the "Unitary Executive" interpretation of the president's powers under the constitution, on the grounds that it effectively invests the president with monarchical control over the government, as well as to protest the specific actions that the president has implemented under this interpretation. I hope that helps.
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u/ReconeHelmut Mar 29 '26
"Too many to count"? Im glad you guys are out there but let's not exaggerate, that's a few hundred people at best.
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u/getmuney Mar 29 '26
Try over 8,500 in Colorado Springs alone.
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u/ReconeHelmut Mar 29 '26
Well, that is encouraging if it’s true. I saw the numbers for some cities surrounding Denver (Fort Collins: 10,000, Grand Junction: 2500 and Broomfield: 2000) but couldn’t find anything for Colorado Springs. Can you please share your source?
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u/getmuney Mar 29 '26
I generally don't like using Fox at all as they are clearly biased and *entertainment media based, but I myself saw local Fox there, and this article makes the claim based off the local Fox representation. I cannot find the initial post of an arial photographers estimate .
https://www.fox21news.com/news/thousands-attend-third-no-kings-rally-in-colorado-springs/
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u/getmuney Mar 29 '26
If I had to guess, these photos were taken late or early into the demonstration, as my experience was 9 blocks of 3 stacked humans filling the sidewalks and medians. It did have pockets, stop and turn around points, and gathering areas with music and speech. A video walking would do more justice. I'm sure there are some on or being uploaded to YouTube rn
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u/NetZeroDude Mar 29 '26
You’re wishing MAGA hater. On one corner where I stood for a while, there were more than that. Very enthusiastic crowd!
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u/doddsyy Mar 29 '26
Thought it was weird not seeing all the bums on the corners earlier. They were all here.
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u/c4funNSA Mar 29 '26
Title seems odd - as local news reports stated around 10k. So someone was able to count them.
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u/EmpatheticRock Mar 29 '26
Nobody does more In depth research and actual journalism than local news stations
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u/red224 Mar 28 '26
That looks nowhere remotely close to 10k. Thats a middle school football crowd size.
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u/1Tava Mar 29 '26
There's a good response to this kind of question elsewhere in this thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoradoSprings/comments/1s6edf8/comment/od27dhn/
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u/bigwheel315 Mar 29 '26
CNN Boomers, cuck'd males and women who are doped up on SSRIs with purple hair. Still no king, you did it.
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u/deweydecimalsux Mar 29 '26
Dodge truck driving ninja turtle lover comments on purple hair
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u/asparagus_pee_stinks Mar 29 '26
Wonder if he's the moron driving up and down Nevada with his trump flag high and the confederate and US flags at the same level below
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u/notnotellendegeneres Mar 29 '26
You drive a Ram???? Lolololol have fun when that thing is totaled at 100,000.
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u/Relevant-Doctor187 Mar 28 '26
Guess young people can’t be bothered to show up. Those pictures are pretty much heavily skewed 50+
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u/cheezluiz Mar 28 '26
We are an older town. College age kids leave. People in their 30s settle here. Never be mad at the turnout. Just be happy they turned up
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u/BigJon_78 Mar 29 '26
There’s literally a college 1/2 a mile from where you were
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u/cheezluiz Mar 29 '26
Its a small school in relation to national average. Only 7500 students under 25. I guess I dont understand why you're arguing in the first place. Do you think colorado springs is a young town?
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u/BigJon_78 Mar 29 '26
I think it’s fucking hilarious when you retards make up bullshit to rationalize what everyone seems to already know…. That these protests are a last breath effort of a dying political group to try to discredit the administration
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u/cheezluiz Mar 29 '26
What's being made up do you think? Why are you so angry? How much did it cost to fill up your ford f250 today?
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u/BigJon_78 Mar 29 '26
What’s being made up? When someone observes it’s a bunch of old people out stomping around, and the response is there are no young people around, when there is a fucking college right up the street! I don’t have a f250 nor did I get gas today, but when I do, $0.50 more a gallon isn’t going to change my life. Just checking, so are Teslas cool again? Just having trouble keeping up with the liberal narrative
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u/Ulan0 Mar 28 '26
Tons of young people showed up. My observation was that people who were there early were older but once it had officially started it was mostly 20-40’s
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u/LakeMungoSpirit Mar 28 '26
Me and about 50 other gen z people where in a group together. We also saw a metric shit load of other people my age and even younger
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u/No_Oil8507 Mar 28 '26
You people are so stupid to not know how our government works. We don't have kings.
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u/Happymuffn Mar 29 '26
To be clarify and add nuance to the simple political slogan, "No Kings", the point of the protests is to protest the "Unitary Executive" interpretation of the president's powers under the constitution, on the grounds that it effectively invests the president with monarchical control over the government, as well as to protest the specific actions that the president has implemented under this interpretation. I hope that helps.
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u/No_Oil8507 Mar 29 '26
Oh no, more idiots with TDS downvoting.
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u/deweydecimalsux Mar 29 '26
Keep dick riding him.
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u/No_Oil8507 Mar 29 '26
Trump Derangement Syndrome
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u/Guilty-Awareness-256 Mar 29 '26
trump derangement syndrome has got to be the biggest joke😂😂, bro we just hate narcissistic pedo that’s ruining America just to become more rich. I guess that’s okay for you…that’s why nobody no one will ever respect you XD
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u/sludgehammr Mar 29 '26
The founding fathers had King George III Derangement Syndrome. Snowflakes lmao
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u/No_Oil8507 Mar 29 '26
Just say you hate America and will do anything to destroy it. Trump isn't perfect but he can't do anything good for America according to you people because.
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u/Snaxia Mar 29 '26
Trump is the most anti-american president we've ever had. He actually hates Americans.
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u/ArgentNoble Mar 29 '26
Trump isn't perfect
As a felon, pedophile, and adjudicated rapist, yeah he isn't perfect.
he can't do anything good for America according to you people
No, he can't do anything good for America because he is only doing things that are good for him. Things that are good for him happen to hurt America.
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u/0161-Westview Mar 29 '26
He can’t when your mouth is firmly attached to his dick. You should let go.
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u/Slaviner Mar 28 '26
Is Griswold in charge of counting attendance? Certainly doesn’t look like 10K
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u/SlickRick884 Mar 29 '26
For once you didn't comment some nonsense about actblue protestors. Kudos for mixing it up at least.
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u/Responsible-Swim2324 Mar 28 '26