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  1. Thank Elizabeth Warren and the Biden admin. Jet Blue tried to save Spirit with a Merger in 2022 but they said no. That is their legacy.

    1. Sure man, just ignore what the company itself outlined as the reason it was forced to quit operating when it did bc to do otherwise would be to admit your God King got us into a mess that he can’t get us out of.

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