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senseandsensibility

(23,034 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:33 PM Thursday

Plain speaking on CNN

The former State Attorney for Palm Beach Country, Dave Aaronberg, just said what I think all of us have been thinking about the meeting between Branch and Maxwell today.. He said this meeting makes him believe that this is about politics, and to protect the President, and to get a deal with Maxwell that she will get a pardon if she exonerates the President. Not a direct quote but very close.

So that's hard to argue with considering the extremely unusual circumstances surrounding this "interview." But my question is why aren't the Dems saying exactly the same thing? Maybe even more bluntly? Can you imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and Biden was in the Epstein files and then sending his personal lawyer to meet with a convicted sex offender?

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Plain speaking on CNN (Original Post) senseandsensibility Thursday OP
That's always a good test - what would the reaction be if Biden/Clinton/Obama had done or said that? TheRickles Thursday #1
Yes it is senseandsensibility Thursday #2

TheRickles

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1. That's always a good test - what would the reaction be if Biden/Clinton/Obama had done or said that?
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:36 PM
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senseandsensibility

(23,034 posts)
2. Yes it is
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:40 PM
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and although we've kind of been beaten down into not asking it anymore, I think we should. And so should Dem politicians. Why not? R's use repetition to their advantage constantly, and it does take a lot of repetition to break through the noise.

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