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@LJRK0909

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Former lifelong GOP member, proud Never Trump, Character matters. country over party every time. Major Disney fan.

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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
11 days
I’m a life long Republican and devout member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I will proudly vote for Harris/Walz in November. Donald trump must be defeated so this country can begin to heal. #WeAreNotGoingBack @LDS4Harris @KamalaHarris
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@LJRK0909
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On this site, I’ve been told I’m not a moderate. I’ve been told I’m a RINO. I’ve been told I’m a leftist, a progressive, a Democrat, and a communist. All because … wait for it … I don’t support trump. I have joined the GOP cult of personality around him. 1/
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@RBReich A friend’s father requires certain enzymes to help his digestion after treatment for pancreatic cancer. That rx costs him $1000 per month in the US. He was in Europe recently and learned the same enzymes are sold there over the counter for about $17/mo. Pure, unadulterated greed.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@AdamKinzinger I firmly believe candidates should have to pass a basic literacy test on the constitution and our government process. She has no business being there. So many don’t.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@AaronParnas I’m a 60 year old, life long Republican and I’m voting democrat!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
1 month
My views haven’t changed. The GOP has changed. I haven’t moved to the left. They’ve moved further to the right. Because I believe in moderation, because I believe in compromise, I no longer have a political home. /2
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@LJRK0909
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Without compromise the Declaration of Independence never would have been adopted and signed. The US Constitution never would have been ratified. The founding fathers had to listen to each other, find common ground, and compromise to establish this great nation. /3
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@LJRK0909
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We’re now destroying it with extreme partisanship, something George Washington warned us about. We haven’t listened. Read the attachments. Can we learn to be civil again? Can we learn to find common ground again and compromise? I pray we do.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@Matt4VA @JoeBiden Thank you! I’m also a Republican who proudly voted for Biden.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
I voted!
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@LJRK0909
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4 years
@MittRomney Thank you Senator Romney! Thank you for being my one and only representative who isn't afraid to speak the truth!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@NeverTrumpTexan Thank you for this thread explaining this process. Sadly, those who need to hear this, likely won't listen.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@davidfrum We don’t do vaccine mandates? Since when? Tell that to every student who has to be vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, etc. Tell that to the military with their list of mandatory vaccines. Tell that to George Washington!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@sltrib And people like this are writing laws that govern all of us. Truly alarming!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee To all my Utah friends: register this week as a Republican to vote against Mike Lee!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
1 month
@TokyoTom2020 You’re right. 😝 I haven’t joined the cult.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@kaitlancollins @DonaldJTrumpJr I think @DonaldJTrumpJr and @EricTrump will soon learn they have less power than they think. I know trumpism won’t die a silent death, but have hope that more have caught on to the scam and more politicians will pull away when they see they can’t get away with the same behavior.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 months
Got a text from @SenMikeLee telling me to vote for Derek Brown for Utah AG. Sorry Derek, but since Mike Lee endorsed you, the same Mike Lee that was working 14 hours a day to subvert the Constitution, you will never get my vote.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee @POTUS As your constituent I want you to be better than this. This isn’t Biden’s inflation. It’s a world-wide problem right now. If it’s Democratic policies, then why is Utah inflation among the highest in the nation? What solutions have you offered? I don’t want to just hear blame.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
5 months
@BrentOHatch Your dad was there too long. The last thing we need is another Hatch in office.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@Inkling61 @kylegriffin1 Of course @SenMikeLee voted no, all while complaining that we need to do more to help Ukraine. 😡
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee ⁩ ⁦ @BasedMikeLee ⁩ You owe us, your constituents, answers. The Salt Lake Tribune E-edition
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@TheDemCoalition I’m waiting for Gaetz to live up to his promise to resign.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@TheValuesVoter @burgessev @SenMikeLee @EvanMcMullin Don't forget, Mike Lee has supported ending the filibuster when Republicans backed it.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
1 year
@therecount Really? Because I couldn’t go to church and I have a Republican Governor and legislature. Our church elected to stop services during Covid.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@JeffFlake @FierceSword Thank you! I'm also a life-long Republican and I proudly voted for Joe Biden.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
Why is my twitter feed full of GOP, MAGA, and far-right extremists when I don't follow any of them?!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
7 months
@GovCox This post takes a lot of nerve after what you and the legislature are doing this year. Shame on you!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@SenMikeLee Don't you have a trial to be listening too? Or is your mind already made up. Yep, thought so.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee @POTUS Again, are you talking to the oil companies who have literally thousands of drilling leases they aren’t using? Are you concerned about their use of 40% of their profits to buy back stock, further enriching themselves and their shareholders, while middle class America struggles?
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Utah Moderate
2 years
@BasedMikeLee Says a man who’s been part of government for 12 years and fought hard to get re-elected after promising you’d only serve two terms. We see you!
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Utah Moderate
1 year
@TomFitton Maybe she should have just complied with what the officer was telling her. Isn’t that the line?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@NikkiHaley You're right, we need new leadership from a new generation. That is not you. You've proven over the past 6 years that you absolutely do NOT "stand up to bullies." We have watched as you've bowed to TFG and the MAGA base. There was a time I would, but I will never vote for you.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@TM0s41 @jasonintrator The Nazis were NOT socialists. Just because the word was in the name of the party doesn’t make it true. That’s like saying the GDR (East Germany) was both democratic and a republic. They weren’t. The first victims of the Nazis were - wait for it - the Democratic Socialists! 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Utah Moderate
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
10 days
@KremElsa @sancheezer @RpsAgainstTrump @AdamKinzinger Someone needs an intervention and deprogramming.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee The 2A talks about a well regulated militia. Personal gun ownership has nothing to do with a well regulated militia. 18 year olds can buy guns but they can’t buy alcohol. It’s ridiculous! Why does anyone need AR-15s? Why do the GOP pose their children with guns in their photos?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@RonnyJacksonTX How dare you!!! I worked for a high risk OB for 20 years. Don’t you dare claim this isn’t health care. I’ve seen mothers face a horrible decision because of severe conditions. I don’t care if you’re a “doctor” you clearly don’t know what you are talking about.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
I heard an interesting comment today: The biggest problem America faces today is the fact that we’ve lost trust. Trust in our institutions, trust in expertise, trust in science, trust in each other. Has your trust in any of these things been eroded? I know mine has. 1/6
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@MeachamDr I was talking to my cousin today and her dad has told her he’s watching less of Fox News and starting to recognize it for the echo chamber it is. For him, that’s progress. Thankfully I can say, he never flew a trump flag.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@RLOW____ @Erk1817 @MacFarlaneNews @SenMikeLee You helped cause this. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
1 year
@realTuckFrumper Lindsey likes to talk tough. Remember his tough talk against his former opponent, trump?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
6 months
@WalshFreedom With respect, Romney has been opposed to trump all along and has never feared saying so. Do you remember his press conference in 2015 or 2016?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
6 months
@GovCox You say this as you the the Utah legislature shut down everyone who disagrees. But vote harder, am I right?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
What say you? You claim to live out Constitution yet not even a peep of condemnation? @SenMikeLee @BasedMikeLee
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Paging @SenMikeLee where you at with this? #utpol
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@natsechobbyist I hold them both in such high admiration and I'm so sorry for all they've been through, and all for doing the right thing. The same goes for you and your family. Thanks to you and to @AVindman for doing the right thing. I'm so sorry for the threats and the ugliness you've faced.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
1 month
@AdamKinzinger How sad is it that he still serves in Congress while we lost good people like you and Liz Cheney. 😢
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@Commish_Schmidt Thank you for upholding our most cherished values. I am so sorry you’ve had to deal with these vile threats to you and your family.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
5 months
So apparently I’m not a moderate but a” progressive leftist.” Better that than a fascist trump supporter. And I’m a progressive leftist because I don’t believe Jan 6th was staged by the FBI or CIA. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@calvinjburke The thing so many members don’t realize or are willfully ignoring, is that evangelicals don’t view us as Christian nor as their friends. If they take over, they will come for Mormons. Is there any doubt about that?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@FoxNews What a very Christ-like thing to do. Send asylum seekers to DC with no notification to any authorities to assist with aid.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@SenMikeLee Have you ever had to witness a family who has been told their baby doesn’t have a skull or a brain? Have you ever seen the sorrow they grapple with as they’re faced with a horrendous decision they never wanted to have to make? Do you have any for compassion for these women?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@marklevinshow You people need to get your stories straight. First, he didn’t have the documents. Then he gave them all back. Then he had them but he declassified them. Then the FBI planted them. Now the FBI mishandled the classified documents trump stole? 🤦🏻‍♀️
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@gtconway3d He lost credibility with me. In 2016 I was ready to vote for him, but I will not vote for any Republican who in any way supported TFG.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@ChrisTakimoto Welcome! I also left the GOP and will never go back!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@KamalaHarris @JoeBiden Praying for a Biden/Harris presidency. Praying for some restoration to decency and civility.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
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@RogerSeverino_ Late term abortions are only performed in medical emergencies. Those babies are delivered and grieving parents hold them until they die in their arms. The situation is usually that these babies cannot survive due to severe birth defects that are incompatible with life.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@InUtahNotOfUtah It’s important to me which is one reason I’m struggling right now. I’m just so astonished that people I consider friends are so anti-mask, anti-vax (for covid at least), and pro trump. 😭 So often, I’ve wondered what I’m missing.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@MikeLeeforUtah The person lying here is you. How did you go from being a trump critic to being a trump enabler? You don't deserve my vote and I proudly voted to send Evan McMullin to the US Senate instead of you. You've had 12 years and done absolutely nothing.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee No matter how you try to spin this Mikey, you lose. You are beholden to your donors and big Pharma who are charging ridiculous prices on insulin. Why don’t you care about that?
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Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee Ask yourself: Would he be proud of you and your actions leading up to Jan 6th?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@SSewell5 @AaronParnas They seem to have lost their collective minds and until they dump trumpism and Qanon, I won't be voting red. I refuse to vote for anyone who couldn't stand up to tfg. I only stay so I can vote in my state primaries. That's the only place I have a voice.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@TheValuesVoter @briantylercohen @nana4MANY @CBSNews My husband and I borrowed money for school knowing full well that money needed to be repaid. Everyone goes into a student loan knowing it needs to be paid back and you know what they say about paybacks. I don’t care if they eliminate the interest, the principal should be paid.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
I'm excited about @beckyforutah ! Initially I just wanted to defeat Mike Lee, but I think Becky Edwards is who we need in the US Senate representing Utah. Going to the website now to see how I can volunteer.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
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@HillaryClinton A return of dogs and a return of humanity, decency, and empathy. I'm a life-long republican but I'm so happy right now that the Biden family is in the White House!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@StevenTDennis So McConnell wants to protect SCOTUS justices, but not everyday school children? Got it.
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Utah Moderate
6 months
@SpencerJCox Part of the reason this country is so divided is because the GOP refuses to eject trumpism, which is not conservatism. You’ve made a hard turn to the extreme right and look forward to working with trump. Politicians like you are the problem. Where’s your courage? Your integrity?
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3 years
@RepChrisStewart Why did you oppose getting to the bottom of Jan 6th? I haven't heard a decent answer from any Utah representative. Shameful!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
3 years
@TheRickWilson I can’t wait to vote against @SenMikeLee in the primary. One of the reasons I’m still in the GOP. I guess now I truly am a RINO. 🤣🤣🤣
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee I’d like this post except for the fact so many in that picture, including you, has tried to subvert the Constitution you claim to love so much. Your actions speak louder than words.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@SenTomCotton Thank you for your statement.“All Americans deserve to have confidence in the elections that undergird our free government.” I agree but I also think there would be none of this doubt if trump hadn’t claimed fraud before we even voted. The GOP has created their own Frankenstein.
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@LJRK0909
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2 years
@marina_gomberg @ElenorGomMom What is wrong with people? Whether they agree with the ideas or not, why do they feel the need to steal someone's property? I don't get it.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@marcorubio The only fools are those of you who have tired yourselves to trump, even now when he has no power. COWARD!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@haleshannon Thank you for this! I started as abortion is black and white, you don’t do it. Then I worked for a perinatologist for 30+ years and saw too many women faced with a horrible decision they never wanted to make. These laws don’t distinguish. What happened to the belief in agency?
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
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I know there will be haters out there and I know this is a nerdy thing, but @AdamKinzinger retweeted me and followed me. Makes me happy because his courage and integrity are qualities I look up to.
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@LJRK0909
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2 years
@RepChrisStewart @POTUS “Why did [Trump] have top secret documents in his beachside resort? Why did he steal them from the White House? Why did he remove them improperly? Nobody has one explanation.” Care to comment?
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@LJRK0909
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2 years
@MikeLeeforUtah Looking forward to receiving my mail-in ballot. I will NOT be voting for you and I'm so looking forward to checking the box next to Becky Edwards name.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@randomobserver1 @Utah_17 @realDonaldTrump @SenatorRomney I agree. Conservatism doesn’t mean supporting trump in everything he does, especially when he’s openly trying to subvert the will of the people. @SenMittRomney you have my support and I thank you for putting party over country.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@NoLieWithBTC @VernBuchanan Why did anyone on this list get a PPP loan?
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@LJRK0909
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3 years
@Skalia1316 This makes me miss my sheltie so bad! She was the best dog! 😢 I miss my Minnie. 😭😭😭
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@InUtahNotOfUtah I have REALLY struggled with this! As my politics have moved further left because of the GOP, I’ve felt llike an outcast. Not because of anything anyone has said or done, but I feel separate and apart. I don’t understand how any member can support the GOP right now.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@MattWalshBlog She's desecrating an instrument by playing it? You can take issue with what she's wearing - or whatever it is you don't like about this - but playing a musical instrument does not equal desecration.
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@LJRK0909
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4 years
@maklelan @SenMikeLee @jack Thank you! Utah needs a new Senator! @SenMikeLee
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6 months
@Eternal_Saints_ Of anyone knows about secret combinations and the Gadianton robbers, it’s those who support trump!
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3 years
@InUtahNotOfUtah First thought? I want nothing to do with you.
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6 months
@FordJohnathan5 Mercy for me but not for thee. So sick of hypocrites like her.
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2 years
@Patbagley This Mormon is proud to say she NEVER voted for tfg.
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Utah Moderate
2 years
@Deseret @SenMikeLee @sambbenson @SenMikeLee When you’ve lost the Deseret News.
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Utah Moderate
2 months
@phil_lyman 🤦🏻‍♀️ And you won’t concede because “irregularities.” You’re big mad because you win convention so you think you should be the GOP candidate. This should clearly show that we don’t want the caucus/convention system and we don’t want maga extremists.
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3 years
@SenMikeLee Interesting. I didn’t hear you complaining as tfg was driving up the debt.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@FPWellman Santos did more than embellish. He told egregious lies. We’ve come to accept this from our politicians and frankly, I’m sick of it.
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Utah Moderate
1 month
@jia36278188 Yes!! We should all be Americans first. Neither side is the enemy.
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Utah Moderate
1 month
@utahhousereps Today’s ruling is the correct one! You completely ignored the will of the people in this initiative and the Utah Supreme Court unanimously agree. The gerrymandering isn’t the first time and it won’t be the last from you.
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
2 years
@SenMikeLee You've done nothing to help Utahns in the 12 years you've been in Congress. We need to retire you!
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@LJRK0909
Utah Moderate
4 years
@SenMikeLee I’m more concerned about the health of everyone you come in contact with.
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Utah Moderate
2 years
@GovCox @POTUS Tell that to my family who are all dealing with covid right now. Just because Utah doesn’t care about it doesn’t mean it’s gone. 🙄
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Utah Moderate
2 years
@alexbruesewitz TFG "objected" to the election in court and lost 60 times. Jan 6th was NOT an objection!
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Utah Moderate
2 years
@Acyn I think ’Lil Marco will be surprised. I will definitely be watching.
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Utah Moderate
5 months
@BrentOHatch @johnforutah Is that the same Senator Johnson who spent the 4th of July in Moscow and tried to help overturn the election? That Senator Johnson?
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