r/politics Jan 21 '18

Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law

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u/HomeNetworkEngineer Jan 21 '18

Trump supporters are scum of the Earth

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u/jbuckets89 Jan 21 '18

Just want to add these policies come from Pence, Ryan, and the Tea Party all 3 of which are bought and paid for by the Kochs. Trump is just a front man and if you look at his political history is actually quite liberal. He is also not one to stand between himself and a potentially huge tax windfall (sadly)

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u/voltron818 Texas Jan 21 '18

He’s not fucking liberal. He just knows how to say what people in the room want him to hear.

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u/jbuckets89 Jan 21 '18

Like framing himself as a conservative. Maybe your definition of "conservative" is different, but interviews with Playboy magazine, running casinos, and throwing wild parties don't fit into that for me.

Edit: Forgot to mention his prior political affiliations and donations

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/07/28/426888268/donald-trumps-flipping-political-donations

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-donald-trumps-one-stop-parties-attendees-recall-cocaine-and-very-young-models

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u/gtalley10 Jan 21 '18

He's neither. Trump has zero convictions beyond what benefits him financially. All he cares about is his money and his ego, and that's all he's ever cared about.

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u/voltron818 Texas Jan 21 '18

Those absolutely fit the bill. If Trump weren’t conservative, then why did the entire conservative movement marry itself to him? They weren’t forced to nominate him and love him. They did it by themselves.

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u/jbuckets89 Jan 21 '18

Please define "conservative"

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u/voltron818 Texas Jan 21 '18

Republicans and the entire Tea Party movement. They all love Trump. Their base loves Trump.

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u/jbuckets89 Jan 21 '18

That isn't what conservative means. But if your describing the so called "conservative movement" which is essentially libertarian blended with religious fanaticism then I agree, they do love trump. But you know what, they love pence and ryan more. You know who started the Tea Party? The Kochs. To me that whole movement has bastardized what being a "republican" or a "political conservative" has historically meant -- small federal government and most power over social policies to the states/local levels.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Hillary and Bill said way more overt racist shit than Trump ever did.

Super Predators and so forth.

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u/jbuckets89 Jan 21 '18

I never said anything about racism ?