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2023-12-08 19:26:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3519D8D803E2E83870A11C695E26AE498C72E064EB5B8C04E0D428D5348F7E1C
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"Blackmail" coerces a victim by threatening to expose injurious secrets. Biden is not threatening to expose Congressional crimes or misconduct. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/blackmail Biden is observing that US troops will be obliged to fight RU troops if Putin "keeps going and then he attacks a NATO Ally". https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/06/remarks-by-president-biden-urging-congress-to-pass-his-national-security-supplemental-request-including-funding-to-support-ukraine/
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