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new European newspaper. Let's go straight in. Sally from Notting Hill writes, do the mats think that

J.D. Vance is a democratic plant?

That's the only explanation that makes sense to me.

I love this.

It is a very plausible idea.

Tinker Taylor Soldier Vance, you know, he's sort of a mole who's, you know, wrote his little Billy Elagy and then pretended to hate Trump and then pretended to like Trump.

And now has now ended up as the vice presidential nominee by some margin the worst ever.

And just amazingly bad.

And he is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't he?

I mean, the fact that having insulted,

what was it, um, cat owning childless ladies, he then apologized to cats. I've got nothing

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