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35. It's a long-standing tradition for Republicans not to know the Declaration or the Constitution. From 2009:

Thu May 1, 2025, 03:29 PM

May 1

Yes, I know, it's from Politico, but the information is nonetheless solid, having been taken from a TV clip on Bonehead that I remember seeing at the time:

Boehner mixes up Constitution and Declaration

By MARTIN KADY II

11/05/2009 02:29 PM EST

House Minority Leader John Boehner was fired up and ready to go at the Tea Party rally today.

He even held up his pocket copy of the Constitution, pledging to "stand here with our Founding Fathers, who wrote in the pre-amble: 'We hold these truths to be self evident ..."

Right, Bonehead, except that your quote was from the Declaration of Independence of 1776, not the pre-amble to the Constitution from 1787. Republican "patriots" like to wave the flag a lot, but knowing what it actually stands for, to them, is above and beyond the call of duty.

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Trump doesn't know what the Declaration of Independence says [View all] Nevilledog May 1 OP

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I am guessing he knows only one rurallib May 1 #11

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You missed it Iamscrewed May 1 #19

You are correct. Corrected it, thank you. republianmushroom May 1 #37

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Colbert showed that clip from the interview, too. Hilarious/mind-boggling/outrageous, all at once. highplainsdem May 1 #23

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It's a long-standing tradition for Republicans not to know the Declaration or the Constitution. From 2009: DFW May 1 #35

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The clown's closest associates would not take that bet Martin Eden May 2 #45

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