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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Jan 19, 2025, 02:15 PM Jan 19

Jeff Tiedrich - elderly Florida resident too frail to be outdoors in the cold

at noon on January 20, 1961, as John F. Kennedy prepared to take the oath of office, the temperature in DC hovered around 22°F. the wind-chill made it seem more like 7°F. did JFK whine that it was too chilly, and insist on going inside? no, he did not. he stood there in the cold, and ask not what your country’d the shit out of his inauguration. he fucking nailed it.

Jimmy Carter shrugged off the 28°F temps at his inauguration. same deal with Bill Clinton — the Big Dog wasn’t about to let 28°F temps spoil his day.

Little Donny Convict, however, is a dotard of a different stripe. the frail old fuck took one look at tomorrow’s forecast of 23°F temps and pulled the plug on the whole enchilada.

In a statement posted to his Truth Social social media platform, Trump said that he does not “want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way” amid the freezing temperatures.

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/elderly-florida-resident-too-frail

Especially himself

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Jeff Tiedrich - elderly Florida resident too frail to be outdoors in the cold (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 19 OP
I was really hoping he'd go the way of William Henry Harrison Freddie Jan 19 #1

Freddie

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1. I was really hoping he'd go the way of William Henry Harrison
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 02:22 PM
Jan 19

The 8th president (I think) who gave a long-winded inauguration speech in the cold without a coat, and died a month later of pneumonia.

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