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@NancyMace Yes, Nancy. The Declaration is an indictment—of King George III. It’s literally a breakup letter with receipts, drafted by guys who were tired of bowing to a monarchy that taxed them, quartered soldiers in their homes, dictated their laws from across an ocean, and denied them basic freedoms. You know—the kind of stuff you’d think a self-proclaimed American patriot might know. Maybe crack it open sometime, right after you graduate from Genesis 1:1. It’s honestly impressive how loudly you can broadcast that you’ve never actually read the founding documents. The Declaration of Independence was quite literally a list of charges—a legal and moral indictment—against a king who refused to recognize the colonies as anything but a cash cow. Jefferson even wrote it like a lawyer prepping a court case: facts stated, charges presented, and intent to sever ties made plain. And here’s the part that should hit a little too close to home for you and your party, Nancy: that list of grievances? It wasn’t about being too governed, it was about being governed without accountability, without recourse, and without representation. Sound familiar? Because that's exactly the type of authoritarian nonsense many modern Republicans have been flirting with—executive overreach, voter suppression, religious lawmaking, and absolute disdain for democratic norms. The Founders wanted liberty, but not the cartoonish version your talking points reduce it to. They didn’t want a government of unchecked billionaires or demagogues dressed in populist cosplay. They wanted self-governance. Freedom of religion—not forced Christianity. Local control—not centralized tyranny. And taxes? Yeah, they hated unfair taxes—but they weren’t anarchists. They just wanted a say in how their money was spent. Representation. Libertarianism in its original form wasn’t about “I don’t want to wear a seatbelt” or “nobody can tell me not to poison rivers.” It was about resisting a monarch who didn’t give a damn about consent of the governed. And now here you are, shocked that a Black man like Hakeem Jeffries read the Declaration of Independence and understood the assignment better than half of Congress. So yeah, the Declaration reads like an indictment because it is one. It’s supposed to be. It’s the foundational protest document of this country. You’d think someone who constantly clutches the Constitution like a Bible prop at a campaign stop would’ve noticed. But I get it. Reading comprehension isn’t as flashy as outrage farming. And the moment someone actually quotes the founding documents without the Fox News filter on, it sounds like heresy. So maybe next time, instead of being outraged that someone recognized what the Declaration really is, maybe sit down and read it. All of it. Even the part where it says governments derive their power from the consent of the governed—a concept you and your ilk should really spend more time reflecting on.