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Dec 27, 2021Liked by John Hawkins

As a long time Republican, I cannot believe we have been reduced to “let’s go Brandon” all day long, which of course means FU Biden. What have we come to? What happened to the teachings of Jesus and the Bible? What happened to civility, acceptance morals and values.

I don’t understand why John Hawkins does not openly call out the offenders. I don’t understand why the GOP does not denounce this behavior. But NOW a father of four in Oregon says it to the. POTUS on live TV. The lack of moral fortitude by Republicans to call out this behavior reflects the GOPs lack of shame or embarrassment.

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I consider it to be the equivalent of "f*** Trump" or calling Tea Partiers "tea baggers." I'm not a fan of any of that kind of stuff, but people are deep in their "whataboutisms" these days, so calling it out doesn't do any good.

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Thanks for your response, John. However it’s a #falseequivalency to suggest “tea baggers” is equal Trump supporters saying Let’s Go Brandon all day every day on Parler, Fox forums, The Hill, Breitbart and social media. How embarrassing.

And THEN an Oregon man whose son gets to apparently connect with President Biden and then says “Let’s go Brandon?” Wow. Nice parenting. The religious world I grew up in is gone now.

Ronald Reagan would be turning over in his grave.

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I'm going to disagree on that being a false equivalency. In fact, if anything, "Let's go Brandon" is just another form of what people in both parties do all day long in the media and on social media these days. It's all about tweaking the other side. That's just another way to do it. I think it's the wrong direction to go in, especially for conservatives, who will never be as successful at being trashy as liberals because it runs contrary to our natures.

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Thanks for your civil response, John. I have over 60,000 “likes’ on Fox forums and love rational yet civil discourse. However, my family was taken back by the January 6 Anti American attack on the US capitol in an attempt to overturn the “peaceful transfer of power.” I have some VERY conservative, well to do friends who were shocked that this happened.

During the Nixon debacle, both parties were intolerant of what happened with watergate and "Bob" Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff, spent 18 months in prison for his role in Watergate. A former advertising executive, Haldeman had a stern reputation as Nixon's gatekeeper and once called himself "the president's son-of-a-bitch." Mark Meadows is at risk.

My federal attorney friend, Stacy, continues to say that the FBI and DOJ are running parallel investigations to the January 6 Congressional Select committee to find out who planned, funded, and organized the attack and why didn’t President Trump stop it. I guess all we see now are the ridiculous “let’s go Brandon”diatribes.

My last fun filled prediction is this: Liz Cheney will by the GOP 2024 nominee. Who can beat her?

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