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And don’t forget the GOP. It had two precious years to get to the bottom of all this and they largely wasted it.

Depends on the definition of "wasted". Some could say the GOP performed according to plan...

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Some could say the GOP performed according to plan...

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As time goes by it appears more and more that was the case. It was calculated and intentional obstruction.

Basically the GOP doesn’t want to do what its voters want to do. They say they do when they are running for office (i.e., they lie), but moments after being elected they start backtracking away from their false promises.

A case could be made that there are more liars in the GOP than there are in the Democrat Party.