MikeBates

Voted in a dozen GOP presidential primaries before Trump voted in his first, but to MAGA I’m a liberal, a Commie, a leftist and a “RHINO.”

[MikeBates @MikeBates]

Happy Veterans Day to all who answered our Nation's call to duty. Your service made a difference.

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@dalytweet Emmer doesn’t seem to understand how this works. Last week Democrats flipped 44 seats in the House to regain control. With 16 races still not decided, there will be 254 Democrats in the House and 165 Republicans.
Emmer’s threats are laughable.

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We know how Trump feels about veterans.
1995 Trump made a $200k donation in exchange for being named "grand marshal" of a Veterans Day parade.
1997 Trump reflecting on the dangers of dating because of STDs: “It is a dangerous world out there — it's scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam era. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier.”
1999 Trump: “While disabled veterans should be given every opportunity to earn a living, is it fair to do so to the detriment of the city as a whole or its tax paying citizens and businesses?”
2004 Trump: “Whether they are veterans or not, they [the vendors] should not be allowed to sell on this most important and prestigious shopping street.”
2015 Trump says his boarding school provided “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”
2015 Trump: “(McCain’s) a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured, okay? I hate to tell you.”
2016 Trump belittled the Gold Star parents of a slain Muslim soldier.
2018 Trump describes America’s honored war dead as losers and suckers.
2018 Trump skips the traditional presidential visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, saying: “I was extremely busy on calls for the country. We did a lot of calling, as you know.”
2019 Trump was ordered to pay $2 million to a group of charities after directing the proceeds from a 2016 event advertised as benefiting veterans to his presidential campaign instead.
2023 Trump accuses America’s top general of treason for “an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!”

[MikeBates @MikeBates]

We know how Trump feels about veterans.
1995 Trump made a $200k donation in exchange for being named "grand marshal" of a Veterans Day parade.
1997 Trump reflecting on the dangers of dating because of STDs: “It is a dangerous world out there — it's scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam era. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave soldier.”
1999 Trump: “While disabled veterans should be given every opportunity to earn a living, is it fair to do so to the detriment of the city as a whole or its tax paying citizens and businesses?”
2004 Trump: “Whether they are veterans or not, they [the vendors] should not be allowed to sell on this most important and prestigious shopping street.”
2015 Trump says his boarding school provided “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”
2015 Trump: “(McCain’s) a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured, okay? I hate to tell you.”
2016 Trump belittled the Gold Star parents of a slain Muslim soldier.
2018 Trump describes America’s honored war dead as losers and suckers.
2018 Trump skips the traditional presidential visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, saying: “I was extremely busy on calls for the country. We did a lot of calling, as you know.”
2019 Trump was ordered to pay $2 million to a group of charities after directing the proceeds from a 2016 event advertised as benefiting veterans to his presidential campaign instead.
2023 Trump accuses America’s top general of treason for “an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!”

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@seanspicer Can’t wait to see Lutnick’s messaging on Red Chinese spies and chip sales.

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@nick_matau @CBSNews And who was accompanying the woman? Hegseth has a responsibility to ensure those he’s brought with him act respectfully.

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Hegseth's lack of military bearing resulted in his heels getting locked. Hurrah!

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@PeteHegseth @POTUS @VP @SecVetAffairs @JennyHegseth Hegseth's lack of military bearing resulted in his heels getting locked. Hurrah!

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@cspan Hegseth's lack of military bearing resulted in his heels getting locked. Hurrah!

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@atrupar Hegseth's lack of military bearing resulted in his heels getting locked. Hurrah!

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@CNN Hegseth's lack of military bearing resulted in his heels getting locked. Hurrah!

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@GOP_is_Gutless “where did 1.7 million votes come from?”
From Americans disgusted by Trump and tired of his lies.

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@atrupar You’d think he just won a big election, rather than the humiliating repudiation he was handed.

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@BEG_two Those were the days.

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@atrupar Trump May 1, 2025: “I am hereby renaming May 8th as Victory Day for World War II and November 11th as Victory Day for World War I.”
How’d that work out?

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@MikeBates I'm sure the Republicans have their best minds working on rationalizations as we speak.

[Joseph Burke @burkejosephp]

@MikeBates How about inciting a riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021?

[Cheri Jacobus @CheriJacobus]

they were not all blocked. this was a Hakeem Jeffries failure

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@CheriJacobus They need to punch in for the job they were elected to do.