If there are no consequences for the damage Republicans have done, the laws they've broken and the whole "naked attempt to supplant democracy with theocratic fascism" thing, then there's no reason whatsoever for them not to come back better funded in a few years and try again.
Representative Jeffries here has decided not to learn the single most important global political lesson of the last fifty years.
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@mhoye We are a country of laws - that's what we voted for - not a country of ignoring corruption. Learn the lesson of Trump being allowed back on the ballot. Jeffries is dead wrong and being disingenuous when he phrases it as revenge vs accountability and justice. Unless this statement has been taken out of context.