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19 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Any one of the things in this thread about a single speech would be one of the weirdest things ever to occur during a US presidency, had they occurred during any other US presidency
"President Carter stunned onlookers today when he branded [insert network here] "dumb bastards" and suggested they were exaggerating the global pandemic in a conspiracy to subvert the upcoming presidential election."
"President Eisenhower yesterday mocked Democrat opponent Adlai Stevenson for following the advice of the nation's top health official, prompting his supporters to demand that the men be imprisoned."
"President Ford was arrested yesterday after admitting that he used his influence over oil-exploration permits to extract political donations from Exxon, in a stunning revelation of corruption at the pinnacle of US power."
I mean etc etc etc but you get the idea

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