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7 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
We have serious challenges facing us as a nation, from COVID to climate change to the economy. And yet only 27 out of 249 @GOP members of the House and Senate will acknowledge that 306 is greater than 232.
This isn't intended as snark. It is deadly serious. An entire party, from the leadership to the bottom has no anchor of facts on which to base action beyond short term politics (or, if they believe this, outright stupidity).
We would do well not to treat them as serious thinkers on policy, science or arithmetic until they demonstrate by their actions they have earned that respect.
But in the meantime, there are serious problems that demand action. Waiting for them in the name of bipartisanship is no less irresponsible.

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