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18. I drive a lot for work,

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Reply #10)

Sat May 2, 2026, 11:02 PM

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and frequently stop at TA, Petro, Love's, Pilot and other truck stops. I used to have a CB radio in my car. Truckers should be Democrats, but for the last 30 years they mostly have been listening to AM Hate radio, and now the multitude of rightwing satellite channels. Every truckstop has Fox "news" on the TV in the lounges.

So now they are just one of the many blocs which the right has fooled into compliance.

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