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He played such a big role in politics for the past decade. It will be interesting to see the impact of this on the 2020 election.

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I wouldn’t have minded if he had been a backer of republicanism, what I can’t accept is his steadfast support for neoconservatism and their fetish for reshaping the world. He thus brought about GWB and all its consequences and its continuation through a nicer lens in the Obama admin.

Not sure how big of a role he played. Seems to my admittedly hella blinkered view he supported GWB before alternatives were possible and opposed Trump when it was too late for a billionaire to stop him. I assume I'm wrong anyone who knows where please let me know where.

Supporting Trump isn't necessarily the biggest role to play. Look wider than that, for example quotes from the Koch Summit in 2014 [1]:

[1] https://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/seven-disturbing-... (I know the URL uses loaded words, but it's a DC watchdog group founded by a republican, if that's of any relevance)

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