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People wonder why the Dems are unpopular. 2 of my Dems here in Colorado are pulling the same OS age gate shit right now. What I want to know is: "who fucking asked for this?". Everyone seems to be doing it at the same time, but many people don't want it. Smells fishy. Let's not elect these assclowns to anything ever again. Why are you doing authoritarian shit when we elected you to advocate on our behalf.
In my book, a take that extremely authoritarian and unconstitutional should end your political career instantly. You can watch it all on your TV at home like every other clueless boomer (shout out to the boomers who are with it, actually understand, and care). How can we send people to represent us who will openly sell out our and our children's futures for a few thousand dollars in campaign contributions?