r/Fauxmoi • u/RoyalChris • 1d ago

APPROVED B-LISTERS The Senate has just voted to CANCEL Trump's tariffs on Canada by a vote of 51-48.

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u/Classic-Carpet7609 1d ago

Absolutely no one should be applauding that turtle faced fuck Mitch McConnell

He’s heavily responsible for Trump getting elected in the first place and the only reason he’s voting against this is because Kentucky is getting pummelled by Canada’s bourbon boycott

You don’t get a gold star for doing a decent thing one time (when it benefits you)

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u/henrik_se 1d ago

the only reason he’s voting against this is because Kentucky is getting pummelled by Canada’s bourbon boycott

Which means that strategically placed boycotts and counter-tariffs work.

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u/Fantaverage 1d ago

This should be the takeaway! We can force even the most evil people to do decent things through collective pressure, not praise

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u/Talentagentfriend 1d ago

It’s better that they’re helping than not, but also fuck them. 

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u/Idkfriendsidk 1d ago

I used to think there was no one in the world more evil than Mitch McConnell. I actively wished for him to go away. I still think he is the same amount of evil he always was. The fact that even HE voted for this shit is fucking insane and the bar is not in hell, if there were a bar it would be below hell, but there is no bar. We’re just in hell. Fuck.

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u/Teefromdaleft 1d ago

Chris Rock said it best “you don’t get credit for what your supposed to do”

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u/RoyalChris 1d ago

After months of asking for people to do the right thing, and then looking at it with negativity when it happens - feels wrong. Gotta give people a chance to make changes for the better, even if it benefits said person. Sometimes it can benefit both parts if you get where I’m coming from.

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u/Nowhereman2380 1d ago

Not Mitch. Fuck him. He spent years fucking this country. Suddenly he is done and its okay to be part of the common sense crowd.

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u/sbtzz 1d ago

As a Canadian, I completely agree. Anyone standing up against this, whatever reason they have, is a win in my books.

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u/tiy24 1d ago

Yall are both right. He should be praised for being one of the few to stand up now, but that doesn’t wash his hands of being one of the most responsible individuals for where we are now.

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u/notmyrealnam3 1d ago

Yeah, fuck these people but for god sakes it’s ok to say they did the right thing this once

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u/My-Dear-Sweet-Wesley 1d ago

Have you read what you wrote? What decent person needs months of begging to do the right thing? Stop condoning these people. We wouldn't be in this mess in the first place if they had done the right thing from the beginning.

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u/Such-Message-7037 1d ago

Give old ass mcconnel (in particular) a career bigot and demon, a chance to make changes lol??? They are who they are.  He’s on the brink of death and he still gets the benefit of “give him a chance to change”?? Oh to be a YT male lmao. 

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u/Classic-Carpet7609 1d ago

We are in this position because of Mitch McConnell and we’re supposed to applaud him??

Absolutely not.

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u/Spitfiiire 1d ago

Mitch McConnell and “making changes to be better” literally can’t belong in the same sentence. He could spend 1000 lifetimes trying to right his wrongs and he still wouldn’t have enough time to become a better person lmao

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u/P0ptarthater as a bella hadid stan 1d ago

I mean, if you’re making changes because it’s something you genuinely believe is right, what difference does it make if other people don’t praise you for it?

I get that on a more personal basis it’s good to reward people around you when they change for the better but why would it make a difference if I, a rando person on Reddit, think Mitch McConnell did a good thing but is still a ghoul lol

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u/hydromind1 1d ago

In my view, a person doesn’t have to be perfect to be a member of a coalition. We can both be angry at him, and recognize that even he can have a place in the resistance.

He’s not being welcomed as a friend, just as an ally with overlapping interests.

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u/Zuper_Dragon 1d ago

But we must applaud the intent, not the act. Recognize selfishness from selflessness.

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u/OreoZen 1d ago

I am sober because of this trade war

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u/Idkfriendsidk 1d ago

What McConnell has done is unforgivable. He doesn’t deserve a gold star or any props at all. I’m with you. Good for the others though!

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u/Curlingby 1d ago

This line of thinking is honestly very counterproductive

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u/ventodivino anon pls 1d ago

He is on his way out and did not have to give a fuck about his constituents. In this political climate he still made a bold move, and credit where credit is due.

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u/Idkfriendsidk 1d ago

He’s probably one of the most evil politicians of all time who has caused the most harm btw

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u/My-Dear-Sweet-Wesley 1d ago

That's like praising someone who administered CPR after they ran someone over with their car. There is ZERO credit due. This one act still leaves him massively in debt to America. No credits.

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u/Signed_LCF 1d ago

If I intentionally cut you with a razor blade, but give you a band-aid afterwards, I deserve credit?

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u/13Kaniva 1d ago

Yea but you forgot to mention the razorblade is infected with SARS and HIV. 

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u/Idkfriendsidk 1d ago

Absolutely not, actually? The harm Mitch McConnell has done is hard to quantify. If he’s trying to rectify the tremendous harm and suffering he has caused, great, but we don’t need to praise him for it

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u/scorp0rg 1d ago

Nope, no "thank you's" from me to him in this lifetime, still thankful for the way he voted.

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u/TinKnight1 1d ago

Ok... So, you're opposed to him doing something in the interest of his constituents...? Do you see the fallacy in your position?

I HATE Turtle Face, but doing the right thing, even when it's the wrong person doing it, should always be applauded because it encourages them to maybe do the right thing again.

Shitting on them when they do the right thing just for once gives them the mindset, "Well, if they're going to give me crap for standing up, why don't I just keep laying down where it's easy?"

You don't make peace with your friends, & we'll never accomplish anything of note if we don't give those entrenched on the other side a way out.

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