No true American could have watched the takeover of the U.S. Capitol by rioters with anything but grief, regardless of their political beliefs.
No true patriot could have viewed those images and felt the slightest bit of righteousness.
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Maybe all the Trump supporters who dislike the results should just leave and make their own country somewhere else.
Trump won’t be in office in 12 days but I’m not going anywhere. If we did who’d be left to go to work?
Everyone in the cities that pay your taxes I guess.
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