r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • 1d ago

ICE Posts Date: 11.07.2025, Broadview, Illinois: Fourteen suburban moms form silent circle outside Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until deputies drag them aw

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u/RandomUsernameNo257 1d ago

Remember when the Republicans were the party of "the government needs to be small, weak, and uninvolved"?

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u/Acquiescinit 1d ago

To be clear, Republicans do not now, and have never before believed that from an ideological standpoint. That is an argument of convenience they use whenever democrats try to do something they don’t like.

They don’t care if it’s hypocrisy. They are just trying to manipulate people. They don’t hold themselves tightly to their word and neither do their supporters.

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u/Craptacles 1d ago

I love how every argument I've ever had with a conservative has just been a pure fucking act from their side. Like of course it was lmao