Since the Reagan Campaign secretly negotiated with the terrorists who held American Embassy workers hostage to NOT release them until after the election with Jimmy Carter (the very definition of domestic terrorism & treason) the #GOP has shown there is no depth to which they will not sink for power. - ThreadSky

counseloroh.bsky.social • 101 days ago

Since the Reagan Campaign secretly negotiated with the terrorists who held American Embassy workers hostage to NOT release them until after the election with Jimmy Carter (the very definition of domestic terrorism & treason) the #GOP has shown there is no depth to which they will not sink for power.

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bridgetbiden4ever.bsky.social•8 days ago

Sickening that it took until 2023 for this story to get told.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

lovesdaryl.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was only 13 at the time but I remember that the fact that the GOP had delayed the release deliberately so it would be Reagan at the airport was known at the time.

paullymoonbeam.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yea they were really quite despicable.
And Vice President Bush ultimately brought us Clarence Thomas.

philindigo.bsky.social•101 days ago

That's also what #Trump was doing. With Netanyahu, Putin, etc. Acts of treason.

muttsylvania.bsky.social•101 days ago

Reagan was only the first of recent Republicans who cheated to win the presidency. Nixon's pardon gave them carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want because there's no accountability.

dremilschaffhausen.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nixon did the same thing in Vietnam.

mar1957.bsky.social•101 days ago

Gop is Satan's darlings

springhappy.bsky.social•47 days ago

I remember. Everyone knew it, someone wrote a book about it, but Regan was so glitzy, people ignored the ugly truth.

leftyfrizzle.bsky.social•101 days ago

You earned a follow for reminding the world that Ronald Reagan should have been charged for treason for negotiation with the Iranians while a sitting President was in office.Well done

mkeyser.bsky.social•8 days ago

Exactly correct

rkfatheree.bsky.social•101 days ago

Nixon did the same with Viet Nam.

counseloroh.bsky.social•101 days ago

Yes. That "Don't change horses in the middle of the stream," bullshit they pull at every election.

springhappy.bsky.social•47 days ago

Correct. In this case it was the 'peace is at hand' lie.

niwreu.bsky.social•9 days ago

Nixon did the same with the Viet cong in the lead up the '68 campaign scuttling a peace deal the Johnson admin was negotiating... or so I read bc I was 3 yrs old at the time