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Congressman Derrick Van Orden from Wisconsin. He posted this message, then deleted it. (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-republican-deletes-post-appeared-002459499.html

https://www.wxow.com/news/wisconsin-politics/rep-van-orden-appears-to-celebrate-millions-losing-healthcare-in-since-deleted-x-post/article_d638ae8a-b6fc-42ec-9a97-38e0e3c9d1de.html

He said the quiet part out loud.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Well, actually, it's "just desserts".

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Nope. It’s pronounced “desserts” but actually it’s an old phrase and is spelled “deserts.”

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

Huh, well I was confidently incorrect. TIL.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah I only learned that pretty recently myself. I was very excited to get to share that useless bit of trivia when I saw the comment lol

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