The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult

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[Mojo Hand 4,580]

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

The annoying thing is, she hasn't had to face the consequences of her votes because Democrats are fighting the very people she voted for.   It'll take faces getting eaten by leopards for some people to actually give credit where credit is due. 

[Francisco 2.0 32,342]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/greg-abbott-governor-letter-defend-texas-el-paso?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

 

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Dated the day before a white supremacist gunman opened fire at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart — known to be frequented by people in Mexican and Latino communities — killing 22 people, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a fundraising letter imploring Republicans to “take matters into our own hands” and “DEFEND” the state from immigrants.

Marked Aug. 2, the mailer came stuffed in an envelope lashing out at Democratic lawmakers Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for refusing to do anything about the “CRISIS on the SOUTHERN Border.”

“45,000 illegal immigrants CROSSED into Texas,” the front of the envelope states in big red text. “THAT’S WHY WE MUST DO THIS...”

 

 

 

 

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The letter, which was first reported by the Texas Signal, then begins, “If we’re going to DEFEND Texas, we’ll need to take matters into our own hands,” and again states that “45,000 illegal immigrants” were caught crossing the “Mexican border into Texas.”

Comparing that number to entire populations of Texan cities, the governor lashed out at Washington, DC, lawmakers, saying they refuse to work with president Trump to secure the border.

He then called out “radical socialists like [Rep.] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” insinuating that the “Democrat machine” wants to “turn Texas blue.”

“If they can do it in California, they can do it in Texas — if we let them,” he wrote, asking for donations to help thwart the looming “disaster” and “DEFEND TEXAS NOW.”

 

 

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The two-page letter hammered the same flagrant, false, anti-immigrant rhetoric Republicans, emboldened by Trump, have been touting for years: that good, “law-abiding” Americans are in danger as “drug traffickers and violent gangs swarm our border.”

He wrote, it’s up to Texan residents to take a stand and “FIGHT BACK” against the liberals and the media, who do nothing “when innocent young Americans are murdered at the hands of those who should have never been in our country in the first place.”

Although the Houston Chronicle points out that Republican strategists say the mailer is a normal example of a fundraising rallying cry, residents and Texan Democrats say this type of inflammatory, sensationalized language is resulting in an increased hatred and violence toward Mexicans and Latinos.

 

 

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[Chad Fuck 17,567]

The annoying thing is, she hasn't had to face the consequences of her votes because Democrats are fighting the very people she voted for.   It'll take faces getting eaten by leopards for some people to actually give credit where credit is due. 

Not gunna happen. The mark never admits being taken.

[Pam Cummings 9,582]

32 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/greg-abbott-governor-letter-defend-texas-el-paso?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Racism, nationalism, fascism, all go hand in hand.

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

10 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

This was it, I remember her getting scared at the end when the interviewer made her actually confront the cognitive dissonance:

https://www.vox.com/2016/12/13/13901874/obamacare-trump-voter-health-insurance-repeal

 

 

I had never seen this and wanted to strangle her halfway through the transcript.  I mean jesus fuck.  You don't even really have to pay all that much attention to understand the basics.  Just don't be a complete fucking moron.

[Jack Straw 2,953]

9 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

This was it, I remember her getting scared at the end when the interviewer made her actually confront the cognitive dissonance:

https://www.vox.com/2016/12/13/13901874/obamacare-trump-voter-health-insurance-repeal

 

 

voting for and supporting racist traitors has consequences.  

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

10 minutes ago, Jack Straw said:

voting for and supporting racist traitors has consequences.  

Sadly, usually not on the people who voted for and supported the racist traitors.   This woman, as stupid as she is, and as shitty a person as she must be for supporting Trump for other reasons, still has her Obamacare because of the very Democrats she opposed and probably continues to oppose.  She'll vote for Trump again, even as he tries to get rid of her pre-existing conditions protection. 

[CO Horn 154]

13 hours ago, shnsajax said:

This is fun
 

5 Non Blondes

[HenryJames 65,890]

 

[Francisco 2.0 32,342]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

 

Thoughts and prayers.

 

 

[Brisketexan 104,628]

Fuck that fucking fuck. But...I hope he wins the nomination, to remind the world what republicans are at heart. He says the quiet parts out loud.

[Js1 85,112]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Fuck that fucking fuck. But...I hope he wins the nomination, to remind the world what republicans are at heart. He says the quiet parts out loud.

Democrats are like that button pushing meme

”Steve King in Congress is great to remind voters about the GOP’s extremist white supremacists views”

”Steve King in Congress means we keep losing to a white supremacist” 

Edited August 25, 2019 by Js1

[Brisketexan 104,628]

Democrats are like that button pushing meme
”Steve King in Congress is great to remind voters about the GOP’s extremist white supremacists views”
”Steve King in Congress means we keep losing to a white supremacist” 

Is like to split the uprights - he wins the GOP nomination, became that’s what the GOP is. But he loses the general, so he’s gone.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,356]

36 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Democrats are like that button pushing meme

”Steve King in Congress is great to remind voters about the GOP’s extremist white supremacists views”

”Steve King in Congress means we keep losing to a white supremacist” 

The Republicans fall into a similar trap with Bernie.  

The more they bash him for being anti-fossil fuels and anti-private health insurance, the more he looks like a bad ass. 

Edited August 25, 2019 by Hugo Stiglitz

[Bozo_Casanova 26,284]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/greg-abbott-governor-letter-defend-texas-el-paso?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc
 

Dated the day before a white supremacist gunman opened fire at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart — known to be frequented by people in Mexican and Latino communities — killing 22 people, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a fundraising letter imploring Republicans to “take matters into our own hands” and “DEFEND” the state from immigrants.
Marked Aug. 2, the mailer came stuffed in an envelope lashing out at Democratic lawmakers Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for refusing to do anything about the “CRISIS on the SOUTHERN Border.”
“45,000 illegal immigrants CROSSED into Texas,” the front of the envelope states in big red text. “THAT’S WHY WE MUST DO THIS...”
 

 

 


 

The letter, which was first reported by the Texas Signal, then begins, “If we’re going to DEFEND Texas, we’ll need to take matters into our own hands,” and again states that “45,000 illegal immigrants” were caught crossing the “Mexican border into Texas.”
Comparing that number to entire populations of Texan cities, the governor lashed out at Washington, DC, lawmakers, saying they refuse to work with president Trump to secure the border.
He then called out “radical socialists like [Rep.] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” insinuating that the “Democrat machine” wants to “turn Texas blue.”
“If they can do it in California, they can do it in Texas — if we let them,” he wrote, asking for donations to help thwart the looming “disaster” and “DEFEND TEXAS NOW.”

 
 

The two-page letter hammered the same flagrant, false, anti-immigrant rhetoric Republicans, emboldened by Trump, have been touting for years: that good, “law-abiding” Americans are in danger as “drug traffickers and violent gangs swarm our border.”
He wrote, it’s up to Texan residents to take a stand and “FIGHT BACK” against the liberals and the media, who do nothing “when innocent young Americans are murdered at the hands of those who should have never been in our country in the first place.”
Although the Houston Chronicle points out that Republican strategists say the mailer is a normal example of a fundraising rallying cry, residents and Texan Democrats say this type of inflammatory, sensationalized language is resulting in an increased hatred and violence toward Mexicans and Latinos.

 
 

 

 

They are both right, of course- it is a normal example of a Republican rallying cry and it is inflammatory and resulting in racial hatred and violence. That’s the problem.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,284]

 

I hope he wins his primary. I really do.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,356]

1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

resulting in racial hatred and violence. That’s the problem

Or state sponsored terrorism.  

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,843]

is this the thread where we talk about Joe Walsh?

[HenryJames 65,890]

There may be an Eagles thread on Music.

[4th&Five 41,461]

maybe he and his wife can get on another season of the real world.

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,843]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

There may be an Eagles thread on Music.

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,414]

On 8/25/2019 at 11:48 AM, Bozo_Casanova said:

 

 


 
 
 

Besides the whole El Paso shooting issue, this letter reads like the contributions requested by this letter are going to defend the border. I presume it's going to a PAC.  Shady business to attempt to lie to the public when you are the governor.

[Bama Chick 28,596]

I’m not a real racist, I just do it for the clout.

[Chad Fuck 17,567]

52 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

I’m not a real racist, I just do it for the clout.
 

Gotta keep that base engaged.

 

[elfenix 34,171]

1 hour ago, Bama Chick said:

I’m not a real racist, I just do it for the clout.
 

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We Need a Republican Nominee Whose Disdain for Marginalized People is Less Obvious

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-need-a-republican-nominee-whose-disdain-for-marginalized-people-is-less-obvious

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It's so Republican. Even the less horrible choice admits to racist comments.

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[staboner 4,959]

regardless of where you sit in the culture war it is pretty crazy that our politicians can just send letters to people asking for money. 

[HenryJames 65,890]

 

[F250 28,691]

35 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

44 minutes ago, F250 said:

Ha, watched that episode last night actually.

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

 

The disappointing thing is that no one in the comments mentioned that it was against the constitution for Denmark to sell Greenland.  They just kept saying, "it's not for sale", but failed to expand on why.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,345]

 

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

2 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

Enchubbened

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,356]

Gumps

[Pancho 44,487]

With all that trouble that shitty state, that is what republicans are worried about. 

Torbush.

[F250 28,691]

27 minutes ago, Pancho said:

With all that trouble that shitty state, that is what republicans are worried about. 

Torbush.

Alabama is mortgaged to the hilt,  because Roll Tide. They are obviously not the type to focus on immediate problems. It's all bread and circuses with those clowns.

When their state budget implodes, they should be forced to eat twigs and leaves out of a Bama hat in front of Saban's statue. Enjoy the winter grasshopper.

 

 

 

[Thrawn 538]

Fucking Alabamastan. I expect nothing less from those dipshits.

Since I include North Florida as part of Alabamastan, I really wish we could get a blue state to vote in favor of expelling Matt Gaetz. He invited a holocaust denier to The State of the Union address.  

Let’s see which offense actual Jewish people find more offensive. His or hers.

Edited August 27, 2019 by Thrawn

[shnsajax 3,589]

On ‎8‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 10:29 AM, 4th&Five said:

maybe he and his wife can get on another season of the real world.

 

I was disappointed to learn he was from the Real World and not the son of Patrick Duffy. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,356]

 

[shnsajax 3,589]

25 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

A celebration of both the life and death of Jeffery Epstein. 

[elfenix 34,171]

easier to steal elections when you neuter the watchdog:

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The federal agency regulating campaign finance has been rendered powerless heading into the 2020 election cycle, with the resignation of another commissioner leaving it unable to punish violations of election law.

Matthew Petersen, a commissioner at the Federal Election Commission for 11 years, plans to leave his post on Aug. 31. There are normally six FEC commissioners, but Petersen’s departure will bring the already depleted board down to three. And because FEC regulations require four or more commissioners to vote on enforcement actions, new regulations and other matters brought before the body, it will function only on an administrative level without new appointees from President Donald Trump.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/2020-campaign-finance-enforcement-resignations-1475596

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

my theory:  that is a non-story, but the media wants to write about it so we will all remember Matthew Peterson's embarrassingly failed nomination to be a federal judge.

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

31 minutes ago, elfenix said:

easier to steal elections when you neuter the watchdog:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/2020-campaign-finance-enforcement-resignations-1475596

uh, that seems like kind of a big deal.

[Francisco 2.0 32,342]

https://thinkprogress.org/retiring-congressman-duffy-to-rely-on-pre-existing-condition-protections-he-voted-to-repeal-cd226768dc66/

 

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Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) announced on Monday that he will soon resign his House seat, citing family reasons. He and his wife, Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy, said their soon-to-be born ninth child will require heart surgery soon after her birth.

On Tuesday, Duffy explained that he had made sure the child will have access to health insurance despite her pre-existing conditions.

 

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It is laudable that the Duffy family is preparing to provide as much care as possible for a child with serious medical challenges. But as a congressman, Duffy voted to take away those same important protections for others with pre-existing conditions — directly contradicting his own campaign promises.

The couple went on Fox News on Tuesday morning to explain their decision and situation. Both discussed the challenging schedule a member of Congress must endure and expressed their commitment to being present for their family.

 

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Duffy was asked what he and his wife planned to do about healthcare in light of the pre-existing condition their daughter will be born with and his resignation from his job.

He noted that former members of Congress don’t get health insurance for life and explained he plans to get a COBRA plan for his family — utilizing a 1985 law that allows people to pay to stay on their employers’ health plans at their own expense for up to 18 months after leaving a job. 

 

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“We pay the full boat for that so we can transition and with the condition of the baby, we have that complete coverage,” Duffy said. “But, yeah, you are right. I had to look at that and make sure that with, open heart surgery, we had coverage to make sure that, you know, we could pay for that and we have got that worked out. So, thank God, that’s not a consideration as we look to the birth.”

While his daughter’s coverage will be protected for up to 18 months, after that in order to insure her the Duffys will need those pre-existing condition protections.

 

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While Duffy promised as a candidate that he would protect insurance coverage for those with pre-existing conditions and would not back any repeal of the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare) that did not include a replacement with comparable protections, his record in Congress shows just the opposite.

A 2011 PolitiFact examination of Duffy’s vote to fully repeal Obamacare with no replacement noted that as a 2010 candidate, he vowed he “would not vote to repeal the legislation unless a better proposal was in place.” Months later, he voted to repeal the legislation without any replacement. PolitiFact dubbed this vote “a Full Flop.”

 

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During his eight years in Congress, Duffy repeatedly voted to destroy Obamacare and undermine the pre-existing condition protections. He enthusiastically voted for Trumpcare in 2017, which would have made insurance coverage significantly less affordable for those with pre-existing conditions, and just this May he voted against the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019.

While legislative Obamacare repeal efforts are unlikely to go anywhere as long as Democrats control the House of Representatives, a Trump administration-backed lawsuit could imperil the law and some congressional Republicans have promised to kill the law in 2021 if they regain full control of the federal government.

 

[elfenix 34,171]

9 kids seems like a lot.

[Horn Dog 9,674]

When you are a good republican getting cucked comes with the gig...and shit happens.

[F250 28,691]

4 minutes ago, elfenix said:

9 kids seems like a lot.

These things happen when an Irish Catholic marries a Mexican Catholic.

 

[WhatTheBuck 28,713]

46 minutes ago, elfenix said:

9 kids seems like a lot.

I've heard eight is enough. 

[HenryJames 65,890]

17 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Gumps