If you haven't figured out politicians speak with forked tongues, you shouldn't be voting. They never deliver. (Well, except for the present: we thought he was joking until he followed through on all his campaign promises.)
There are no more Democrats & Republicans. Those very concepts just don't exist anymore. Who knows even if political parties will still be relevant enough to rise out of the ashes after the billionaires burn it all down.
The Deep State they railed against was actually the Heritage Foundation. This plan has been in place a really long time. Like McCarthy, they were waiting in the wings all the time.
If voting could change anything, it would be illegal. -- Emma Goldman