Robert Costa

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Score 118

Reposted by Robert Costa

Here, @MarkLeibovich recalls when Trump told him Republican politicians were all spineless “puppets,” “not strong people,” and that he would “roll over them.”

Liebovich doubted it then, and now contends that the evidence shows Trump was right.

https://www.theatlantic.com/maga…

9/25/2024, 10:23:17 PM

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