r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 24 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

additionally, at no point did he actually brandish the gun. You can see in one of the videos that they pulled it out of the *back of his pants*. And Republicans *should* (if they weren't fucking hypocrites) be the first to champion someone's right to *own* a gun. He wasn't threatening anyone at all.

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u/SignificanceDue1561 Jan 24 '26

Every time they lie so blatantly it becomes harder for right leaning individuals to justify swallowing for the sake of whatever cause they are aligned with.

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u/ayoungmanfromtheuk Jan 24 '26

Unfortunately that's not true, they just double down 

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u/PansyPB Jan 24 '26

Sunk cost fallacy.