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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, I want the people of MS to govern themselves. If you don’t believe in self-governance and sovereignty of the people, you don’t believe in the US. Democracy doesn’t mean we’ll aways have the best outcomes. But a small group of elites pushing their views on everyone is why voters hate Dems.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If only there was some document that had a small, specific list of powers the federal government should have and let the states and the citizens thereof decide on what to do about every other issue.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is why I’m not optimistic about this country’s prospects. Both the left and the right think liberty should be expendable.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The left’s problem is every time they see anyone without something they just want the government to provide for it without addressing why so many can’t provide for themselves in the first place. They’d rather create a permenant dependency on the government for all needs.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Or January 6th, or Helsinki, or mocking a disabled reporter, or the Access Hollywood tapes, or asking Ukraine to find dirt on Biden, or lying about election results, or his mishandling of Covid, or...

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’m not a lawyer, but that seems insane. Since when do we have to rely on political parties to enforce the Constitution? Let me guess, it will also be up to the parties to decide if a candidate would violate the two term limit for the Presidency.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

But you do want Mississippi to have a say in how children in other states are educated?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How about blaming the voters who don’t elect state and local politicians who will improve the schools?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

At least with local government, their bad decisions are limited to the people in their own town. The national government is the hardest level that can be controlled by the people, and bad decisions there affect everyone.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yup. And they can do that because Dems hand over these programs to them to ruin instead of offering real solutions.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have to question anyone’s reasoning who wants people like Donald Trump and Tommy Tuberville deciding how all children are educated.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes, because if our education system was nationalized, Trump and Johnson would absolutely listen to experts, right?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It would be better if we didn't have a society where so many were dependent on the government for food in the first place. Instead of addressing the real reasons why so many can't afford to feed their families, Democrats put a band aid on the problem by just having the government provide it.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sometimes I think progressives delude themselves into thinking that if they just get their agenda through Congress, everyone will see how great it is and we'll only elect progressives going forward.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"I like small government and fiscal responsibility." "I like those too." Bluesky: "Why aren't these two attacking each other???"

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

FDR impirsoned Japanese Americans without cause and LBJ got thousands of Americans killed in a pointless war in Vietnam. I hate how their big government programs still control our lives today!

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why? You really think the rot in the system is limited to one party? That Dems don’t have their own factions that have authoritarian streaks in them? That Dems haven’t shown disdain for basic rights in their history?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also, they will overturn Obergefell when they get the opportunity.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gerrymandering only works if you have a large enough base of support to begin with. Tens of millions of people will vote for Republicans for Congress this election, and it truly is baffling!

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seriously. We tried permenant DST, it didnt work. Why can’t we ever learn from the past in this country?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“To hell with anyone who isn’t like me or my family!” Progressives taking over won’t look any different than what we have now with MAGA.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some of us think violence and discrimination against anyone is wrong. One life isn’t worth more than another. Thinking otherwise is what I’d expect from MAGA.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So immigrants rights are negotiable to you? You’re fine with people dying in detention centers.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'd sya the real issue is plurality voting. If we had RCV, you could actually have more than 2 serious candidates in an election and wouldn't have to worry about a faction of a party costing someone else from the same side of the political aisle an election.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, the parents would want to know. The media wanted to know because there was a potential racial angle to the story.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What’s sad is if the last people he was with were black, no one would have made any fuss over this case.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And yet you are fine with a convicted felon being a US ambassador.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah, because there’s NO history of fanatics in the Democratic Party, right? There’s NO authoritarian faction on the left.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Right, because the Dems could never go down an authoritarian path, right?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Democrats: white voters are racist idiots. Also Democrats: why don’t white voters support our candidates? Besides, Trump had support from minority groups as well.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So no Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren either. And no Mamdani after his palling around with Trump today.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's hypocritcal to go after any moderate or centrist for this kind of thing, but it's fine for a progressive to pal around with Trump. I thought Dems wanted fighters.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So are all Democrats, moderates and progressives. You can't criticize some Dems for talking about reaching across the aisle then defend any sort of praise for Trump.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Try to imagine Jeffries saying this, let me know if progressives would be ok with that.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, they do win more elections than more extreme candidates.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

People aren’t thrilled with the Democratic Socialsts either, pal. Imagine complaining about the system while also wanting people to be more dependent on programs run by that system.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m pretty sure the political reality is that in the three elections Donald Trump ran for President, the only one he lost was when he faced a boring, old, Christian, moderate man.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You’re not going to break the MAGA movement with that attitude. I get the sentiment, but it’s counterproductive. What Dems said to hell with all the liberals who stayed home or voted third party in 2024? They helped Trump win as much as MAGA voters, should they be expelled from the party?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Boycott only if they don’t plan on asking tough questions and call out the White House on every lie.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you! Ignorance of how our government works is part of the problem that got us to where we are now, and it's a problem across the political spectrum.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kind of like how Israel's response is horrific, but so was Palestine kidnapping, raping, and murdering Israelis, which the far left doesn't seem to have a problem with.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's true about corporations, but what do we expect when we put the government in charge of healthcare, then the next Trump gets into office?

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Exactly. Reaching across the aisle is fine as long as all parties are operating within the law and the Constitution.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wow, you are so angry that she didn't side with the kidnapping, raping, and murdering of Israelis like you do.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My post was sarcastic. I have voted for Democrats, and will continue to vote only for Democrats as long as MAGA dominates the GOP. And I'm an independent conservative. Unfortuantely, too many Democrats and liberals don't feel the same way.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I saw people with this attitude in 2016. Then they were shocked when Dobbs came down. I wonder how all the women who suffered as a resulkt of that ruling feel about people who thought Dems losing would lead to better results in the long run.

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Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Good point. If progressives think I'll vote for them just because they aren't Republicans, they're mistaken. They have to earn my vote and inspire me.

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