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The midterms proved once and for all that X is not real life

Vice President JD Vance made a joke about Jon Husted's buttocks during a town hall in Texas, revealing a fatal flaw in the Republican party's 2024 strategy. Republicans have focused on the 'culture war' for a decade, adhering to Steve Bannon's maxim that politics is downstream from culture. This has led to a fixation on Big Tech and social media platforms, with some claiming Elon Musk's X is the only platform that represents the people.

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