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    9 months ago

    The House majority switches parties every other election. If the Dems retake the House this November they could investigate this. Nice attempt at a gotcha, though.

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      9 months ago

      November is three lifetimes away in American politics. If the Dems take control, they’re not going back to this, there’s going to be something new for them to use to divide the country…

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          9 months ago

          Hey, the Rs aren’t good guys here but anyone who thinks the D’s are going to do anything about this, in the future are just silly.

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            9 months ago

            Simple question: Why do you think this?

            Aside from it being a house decision, so they don’t have much leverage, of course. Because history says if it happened under a D watch, there would be an investigation. Granted even just a decade ago there would have been one in a R house.

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              9 months ago

              Because it won’t be politically expedient for them by the time they’re in a position to do anything about it. They will use it as a wedge issue until the next thing comes up, and the cycle will continue.

              If this happened when they were in power, they’d certainly capitalize on it.

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          9 months ago

          They’ll use the corruption and disinformation angle while it’s relevant, after the election it won’t matter anymore and they’ll drop it for the next thing.