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Democrats are ‘anti-American, Marxist goofballs’? So is one very prominent Republican

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. Getty Images

I find it quite rich that Rusty DePass described Democrats as “anti-American, Marxist goofballs” on the very same day our president was uniformly repudiated for taking the side of Russia over the United States’ own intelligence services regarding Russia meddling in the 2016 election (“The last governor from Columbia was elected in 1878. Are we about to end the drought?”).

There is no better way to describe President Trump than an “anti-American, Marxist goofball,” except perhaps an “anti-American, Marxist imbecile and traitor.” I suppose this is “Making America Great Again”?

Is this really the best we can do? Sheesh.

Jonathan Lee

Columbia

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This story was originally published July 24, 2018 at 1:14 PM.

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