Accuses Jefferson of "getting high with the French" while "we - (being Hamilton and other real Americans, in this case associating him directly with George Washington, who was with Hamilton in the situation reported here, the siege of Yorktown) - almost died in a trench. In final contrast to Hamilton himself, he describes Jefferson as “hesitant” and “reticent”. Hamilton, without either of these things, concludes with the mature “Damn , you're worse off than the national debt / Sitting there worthless as two shits / Hey, turn around, bend over, I'll show you where my shoes are fine." By then, Congress is so involved that they don't wait for a break to laugh and even provides a singing accompaniment to the last lines before erupting into chaos. He wants George Washington to calm everyone down, and even though Jefferson taunts him that Hamilton doesn't "have the votes", Hamilton walks away from the battle with maxim. calm.
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