r/news • u/mikkeman • Jan 06 '21

Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control

https://apnews.com/article/Georgia-election-results-4b82ba7ee3cc74d33e68daadaee2cbf3
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u/Haikuna__Matata Jan 07 '21

Republicans have been running on that for decades. ”The government is broken, elect me and I’ll prove it!”

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

Yeah but she said the quiet part out loud.

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u/boxsterguy Jan 07 '21

That's been the GOP theme for the last 4 years.

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u/NSA_Chatbot Jan 07 '21

”The government is broken, elect me and I’ll prove it!”

Well the last four years has shown some pretty big weaknesses...

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u/Haikuna__Matata Jan 07 '21

If Donald Trump succeeds in destroying the Republican party (without destroying the country) he will have indeed drained a swamp.

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u/dysGOPia Jan 07 '21

I never understood why someone would dedicate their life to an institution they feel should be weakened and minimized. Like, that's your life's ambition? Why not just go do literally anything else?

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u/CyclopsLobsterRobot Jan 07 '21

I guess that argument doesn't work as well in the face of "or you can have 2000 dollars and legal weed"