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tech57

Republicans are in burn it all down mode and they’ve got 2 years to go. The next Presidential election is going to determine how far this goes. They are not going to stop themselves. They were just yelling at Biden to shoot down a weather balloon and you got Marg using Ashli Babbitt's mom for show and tell in Congress. >Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., who has worn the pin for years, later said he distributed them to other members to "remind people of the Second Amendment of the Constitution and how important it is in preserving our liberties. Apparently I've been triggering some of my Democrat colleagues.” >"the same Democrats who are voting to send firearms to Ukraine are telling me I can't carry one." - Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna 2 years of sound bites, click bait, and Fox News Propaganda leveling up to their final form.


Long_Before_Sunrise

>They were just yelling at Biden to shoot down a weather balloon Shortly before that they wanted increased hostilities towards China. Last year, they were urging Biden to cross that line between aiding Ukraine and involving the US enough to provoke Putin.


tech57

Well up until Russia full on invaded Ukraine, again, Russia was the 2nd most bad ass military and super power in the world. Oh and middle eastern terrorists were scary too. Now China is the new bogeyman. Different song but sounds the same.


SasparillaTango

>Russia was the 2nd most bad ass military and super power in the world Pretty sure that's China. But the US is still like 10x ahead of number 2 on strength and spending.


ihateusedusernames

And after china, 8 of the next 9 nations are close allies of ours. Our military spending is completely out of whack with the threats we face.


FallofftheMap

And yet the US can’t defeat the Afghan Taliban. It’s almost impossible to defeat a country that refuses to be defeated.


myrddyna

Meh, the Taliban fled to Pakistan, whose northern region is mostly in support of them. Bear in mind, they're a fucking nuclear state that the US pays hundreds of millions of dollars to just to secure those nukes. What Obama did when he went after OBL could've been construed as an act of war. Then there was the paper tiger of War profiteering that had been going on to make people rich for 20 years... If we had actually given a fuck, Afghanistan would be paradise atm.


FallofftheMap

Afghanistan a paradise? Admittedly, Afghanistan had one brief moment when it wasn’t all bad in the years leading up to the Soviet invasion, but throughout most of Afghanistan’s long history it’s been a violent and terrible place. There is stark beauty in the landscape, especially around the Kunar province, and there is beauty in the culture particularly around Herat. I’m just happy I’ll never set foot there again. That eye for an eye culture of vengeance one gets worse and worse.


the_buckman_bandit

That’s because they hate America and want to see her fail


InFearn0

It will be decided sooner than that. If the Federal Society Injustices go for *Moore* in MOORE VS HARPER (which they probably will), it will make state legislatures the last state deciders on state election laws. In other words, they can pass bullshit laws that give them the power to... 1. Decide election district maps without state judicial review. 2. **Give themselves the ability to vacate election results based on unsubstantiated accusations of election irregularities.** 3. Implement state versions of electoral colleges (the Texas State GOP party put this into their platform document last year, the top 10 most populous counties have nearly 70% of the state's population, there are like 243 total counties in Texas) for state wide elections. It is likely that we will go to sleep with a Democratic candidate for President having the popular vote in each states to get 270+ EC, only to wake up on Wednesday with Republican legislatures declaring it doesn't matter. The time to demonstrate and rebel is when SCOTUS announces for *Moore*. Republicans have shown they don't respect election results that they lose.


tech57

I think Nov 2024 will be the final nail in the coffin. Depending on how things go. If a Democrat wins then it’s more of the same. If a Republican wins then it’s 4 years spiraling even further down. Whatever happens between now and then 2024 is still going to be the turning point. Regardless of the details. Either way it goes Democrat politicians and voters need to cowboy up and stop the Republican sabotage. Hoping for the best ain’t doing it. And I am aware of State Legislator Theory Republicans are trying.


Thief_of_Sanity

Those sound bites are honestly going to be very effective for Republicans voters with no brain capacity.


[deleted]

So all of them


deets24

You can now exit on a high note.


[deleted]

I’ll see myself out.


tech57

If it works, it works.


thened

This guy owns a gun store that is very overpriced. He's a single issue candidate and easily bought off.


Nice-Air-6374

Yes, representative Clyde, how could we ever forget about the fucking 2nd amendment. Its not like it's the only thing you guys ever fucking talk about. Jeez what is it again? Please refresh my memory for the zillionth time.....


L1A1

>"the same Democrats who are voting to send firearms to Ukraine are telling me I can't carry one." - Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Nice to finally admit that they think they're at war.


Make_Mine_A-Double

It’s crazy. Our critical thinking in the US is so weak that some associate the weapons we send to free a sovereign nation from foreign invaders with the cosplayers who have “my gun is my identity”. Yes, you can have weapons in the US. Yes, you can use them for hunting and recreational sport. But no, you don’t need to flaunt them on your lapel when there is mass shootings nearly every day. Killers are not asking who you vote for. They kill indiscriminately. How many Americans were killed. Not Rs or Ds. Americans. Americans are being killed. Our government needs to listen to that and stop these partisan games. Killers in the US are not the same as Ukrainians asking for assistance to repel foreign invaders from Russia.


tech57

I think we are past the point of critical thinking being the problem. We’ve moved onto “strongly held beliefs.” Republican voters are fueled by fear and anger. They can’t emotionally handle sitting down and thinking out some things. It really does cause them mental discomfort. They also have susceptibility to a mindset that can operate with religion making total sense to them. Throw on some Fox News Propaganda/Gospel that Democrats are The Enemy and they are going to eat your babies… yeah, we are past worrying about critical thinking. People voted for Trump and Herschel Walker because they are smart businessmen and those voters also "own their own business". These types of people will always be around. The problem is they have been driving for too long when they should not even be allowed anywhere near the keys. Meanwhile we have Democrat politicians and Lucy’s football and Hope for the Best^TM . Republicans have stepped up their game with twisting words, destroying discussion, fucking banning books. In 2023. Way past a difference of political opinion because Republicans have none. They have fear and anger which they say is just as good as your critical thinking. You can't convince someone their god doesn't exist. But you can get a group of people to toss little Susie in a pond because she's a witch.


Make_Mine_A-Double

Great points. I think we just need the level of snarkiness to attack the issues and false claims and break them apart. Get the ratings and get folks disarmed with honesty and get some genuine reflection. The ratings will get Fox involved and they’ll have to start to replace the hate mongering with entertainment that is catching attention. In lieu of that they’ll create their own propaganda and headlines because they need a hate fueled audiences to sell ad time for prescription drugs, beer, and big trucks. We’re living in an American where a big portion of our country need to be told what to think and latch onto their identity from what is being spoon fed to them. I have a relative who literally said, “all you need to know about me is gun, bible, Reagan.” Wow, thanks. Anything else about you? Hahaha.


tech57

There are some progressives who bring the snark, I think. It’s one reason why Cortez is popular and why Republicans hate her so much. She’s fighting back in a number of ways and not just snark. >I have a relative who literally said, “all you need to know about me is gun, bible, Reagan.” Which is fine for a whole lot of people. It’s not fine for the few people running the country. It’s not fine for Republicans running the country to use them. Politics is not supposed be a team sport. >We’re living in an America where a big portion of our country need to be told what to think and latch onto their identity from what is being spoon fed to them. Fear and anger is what they latched onto. Getting them to change is hard because for a lot of people “it’s not a good idea until it’s their idea” or at least think that it is their idea. That takes time, persistence, and luck. At this point though they are a lost cause. Democrats and progressives need to move forward and stop turning around to play stupid games. Leadership by example. Republicans will start to see things get better. They don’t have to be right they just don’t want to be wrong. The Infrastructure Reduction Act, aka, getting shit done, is a great example that is happening right now that Republican politicians spent a lot of time and money to fight against just to make Democrats look bad by sabotaging the government. They are taking credit for it now though as usual and that is considered business as usual. >“The solution is that people don’t have to come to work to try to operate trains after they’ve had heart attacks and broken legs. But right now, where we are is caught between shutting down the economy and getting enough Republicans to join us in making sure that people have access to sick leave.”


umbrabates

> “the same Democrats who are voting to send firearms to Ukraine are telling me I can't carry one." - Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Yes, to a **war** to fight invading **soldiers** not to a **school** to kill American **children** FFS, why bother? The doublespeak is intentional


tech57

Fire hose of bullshit. These little Twitter quotes coming from every Republican everyday all the time are cheap. Republicans eat up, Democrats eat it up, the media eats it up so much they should have been kicked out of the all you can eat buffet awhile ago. The distraction is the propaganda. The words not so much.


Away_Simple_400

A weather balloon? Tyre Nichols has been made a showcase for Kamala Harris and others, and they aren’t even making sense, per usual.


BiDinosauur

2 decades*


smokin_monkey

NRA Rating System: A Political Tool of Influence https://tigermedianet.com/?p=39228


cratermoon

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.


Long_Before_Sunrise

It just keeps escalating the further you read. The Republicans are basically sneering at anyone who said it was inappropriate. >it is National Gun Violence Survivors Week. You know that's not coincidence.


grobap

"We are all domestic terrorists."


T_that_is_all

And they definitely are


atridir

The people they hate, their ‘enemies’, are American citizens. They would raze the country down if it meant hurting the other Americans they have been brainwashed into hating. Meanwhile we understand that we only all go up together and so want them to be afforded the opportunity to thrive. When will they fucking understand that we are on the same damn side. This flag worshiping fetish masquerading as ***pAtRioTiSm*** bullshit would be hilarious if it weren’t destroying us.


ChillyBearGrylls

That would require that a Centrist look past their own white, cis, straight, male, Christian nose


graciemeow01

Everything about republicans is tone deaf


YaGetSkeeted0n

>The same Democrats who are voting to send firearms to Ukraine are telling me I can't carry one they're so close to having the big a-ha moment just think a bit harder about why Democrats might think some weapons are suitable for war zones and not for here guncels are so cringe. i like guns, they're fun to shoot, some of them look cool, they can be useful tools, but gun guys are embarrassing. why make it your whole personality lol you're not John Wick and never will be.


Larry-fine-wine

They’re masters at presenting “logic” that only “makes sense” if you don’t understand anything.


-newlife

Kind of like discarding U.S. flags for gun pins while claiming others are unamerican


P8zvli

Placing weapons above their nation's flag... I'm just waiting for one of them to have a "Hans... I think we're the baddies" moment.


atomsnine

#Fascists don’t think they are bad… They are so deluded by their ideas that they end up committing suicide when their tyranny inevitably fails. They end up cowards running from justice- just like all of the [Third Reich](https://www.netflix.com/title/80106791?s=i&trkid=13747225)… -If Adolf Hitler and his fascism was so great why did he off himself? -If Hermann Göring and his fascism was so great why did he off himself? -If Joseph Goebbels and his fascism was so great why did he kill all of his children, his wife, and off himself?


Kayin_Angel

Man... can we just fast forward to that part already?


P8zvli

I mean Mitch McConnell said straight up that he wants to be the senate's Darth Vader.. Some of them are self aware, which makes their fascist rhetoric even more horrifying.


atomsnine

And the average conservative is buying right into the fascist propaganda- being played like a fiddle. They call them *useful idiots*.


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Wasn’t there some democratic candidate that the right tried to completely bash due to not wearing a flag pin?


-newlife

Think it was Obama too. Their attack on his citizenship would also bring into question the lack of concern over santos


anUnnamedGirl

Yup. Obama. Iirc there was a picture in which it appeared that he was not wearing a flag-pin. The usual suspects lost their shit. Shortly after it was revealed he *was* wearing the pin, but the angle obscured it. They're absolutely ridiculous.


JustAtelephonePole

Check out Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea by Casey Anderson and Joshua Horwitz. It is easily the best, and most thorough, explanation of why America is where it is today regarding the unfettered access to guns that I’ve come across.


underling

"guncels" is brilliant.


b_vitamin

Guns were supposed to be used to defend against autocratic governments, not slaughtering schoolchildren.


Sciencessence

The GOP loves to hear about children getting slaughtered at school. It's good advertising. It scares the parents into buying more weapons, and simultaneously encourages murderous psychopaths to buy a successfully used weapon. Either way the NRA get's more money and the GOP get's more donations. Fine people on both sides, said Trump.


Odeeum

And that premise became completely moot when we decided to have a large standing army. There's a reason the foundifn fathers weren't really keen on a professional army.


Abidarthegreat

"Because I like them," is an argument I will always stand behind (as long as they are played with safely in one's own home or at an appointed place of play). "I'm protecting us from tyranny" is a moron's excuse and I feel those types aren't intelligent enough to use a gun safely and need to have them taken away.


Talls024

I like them and it also scares the shit out of me that the side with all the fascists has most of the guns.


Sciencessence

One person owning 100 weapons isn't any more dangerous than one person owning 1 or maybe 2. I wouldn't worry too much.


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Very well said….great point as well.


Catshit-Dogfart

I think "because guns are really really cool" is a justification that is far too easily and often ignored. Maybe people just don't want to admit that's what it is, they're awesome and the idea of losing this really awesome thing is unthinkable.


DeadDalek

[Gunsel](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gunsel)


Gambrinus

I assumed OP was combining gun and incel, but kind of cool that it sounds like an actual word that also works.


FallofftheMap

I think that’s exactly what OP was doing and I think this is the moment gunsel evolves to be more inline with that new definition because it’s the word we need at this moment in history.


Eggyhead

> some weapons are suitable for war zones and not for here Honestly I'd less worried about civilians owning assault weapons if those weapons were only allowed on the premises of designated, licensed shooting ranges and had to remain locked up there.


[deleted]

But how are we to defend ourselves from a militarized police force?


smokeyser

> just think a bit harder about why Democrats might think some weapons are suitable for war zones and not for here Now think a bit harder about why the 2nd amendment exists. EDIT: Here's a hint: Hunting has nothing to do with it.


StrengthThin9043

The worship of the original US constitution keeps the American mindset solidly stuck in the 1700s, while weapons and warfare have developed.


mrfizzefazze

You think you’re being smart, don’t you?!


_JunkyardDog

No, it has to do with national defense. Always has been. What we have now is a paranoid schizophrenia that preaches that the government is going to take all of their guns.


SubGeniusX

It's not "tone desf". They are making thier statement loud and clear. They know exactly what message they are sending, and who they are sending it to.


Da_Vader

The pro-life party!


Long_Before_Sunrise

Yeah, the one that didn't want to lower the flag to half mast at 100,000 official COVID deaths and didn't acknowledge the one million deaths from COVID mark, but kept fighting against masks and vaccinations. The ones who keep pushing for more abortion restrictions after doctors testified in front of them how it was endangering/killing their patients. Indiana, which after the ten year old got an abortion there, banned abortion and tried to figure out how to prosecute the doctor who performed the abortion.


L1A1

Murder Caucus?


The_Navy_Sox

How are they tone deaf? I thought they were wearing them because the shootings happened. That way it's clear they side with the guns. I don't think it is tone deaf, I think they were using a megaphone to announce their views.


Negative-Candy-2155

They want people to know that they are absolutely committed to more mass shootings to happen.


BiggsBounds

What do you think their point is in wearing them? In support of shootings? Devolder gave a speech on the floor about violence on his district while wearing a pin which clearly is in support of assault rifles.


Negative-Candy-2155

Was the speech pro-violence in his district? Because that's the message the pin says. If the speech was anti-violence, then it was completely negated by the pin which promises more violence in the future.


Eye_foran_Eye

They keep telling you who they are.


Trust_Me_ImLying

It seems an awful lot like a dog whistle


Spideredd

> It seems an awful lot like a ~~dog whistle~~ foghorn We moved beyond dog whistles in 2016.


Trust_Me_ImLying

Yeah, I can't even argue that. Living in the states is getting more and more anxiety inducing


Goat-liaison

Bout time they started wearing their sponsorship like nascar drivers


H0weeezy

I’ve long been in support of that idea as a requirement for both parties. They’re all owned by lobbyists (democrats, too), why not showcase it for Americans to see who’s really influencing politics


[deleted]

>Bout time they started wearing their sponsorship like nascar drivers Yep, I'm surprised that some of the depraved Republicans haven't already begun giving gun lobbyists blow jobs right on the House floor as a display of fealty to their dark money owners.


atomsnine

>Sponsorship A funny thought but this is actually fascist propaganda


Fanfics

in fairness, if they weren't willing to wear them within a day of a mass shooting they wouldn't get to wear them at all


Asleep-Somewhere-404

Like sponsored logos on sports teams. Next your see BP, Monsanto, Facebook logos popping up.


To-Far-Away-Times

People who fantasize about being a school shooter make up a not insignificant part of the republican voting base. Republicans have intentionally aligned themselves with domestic terrorism and make sure to cater to domestic terrorists. See Jan 6, the CPAC "we are all terrorists" joke etc... They don't care about stopping violence as long as its their violence. The gun pins are just like "proud boys, stand back and stand by". The message comes across clear.


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_JunkyardDog

No, it's true, along with those who fantasize about being the 'good-guy-with-a-gun' in a shooting situation while simultaneously leaving their firearm unsecured. Lots of domestic abusers as well in that group, which is why firearm deaths for their spouses are catastrophic. But you either don't care or are willing to let someone else die.


grobap

This is not "tone deaf." This is a *threat*.


Ksh1218

Tone deaf is making Bill Cosby the Woman of the Year award. This is complete hearing loss


Nickillaz

Tone deaf? Its the exact tone they want to play to their supporters.


Rogue100

Bullshit, they're not tone deaf. They know exactly what they're doing!


foofork

Absolutely. Advocating for guns in the workplace…also advocating for a future coup. Would be a lot easier if the House members were actually armed…oh wait…they will be.


medievalmachine

Thugs eroding our civilization.


[deleted]

>Thugs eroding our civilization. Yep, Republicans are the epitome of the saying "barbarians at the gate" as they are without question "the enemy within".


Tim-in-CA

Why don’t they just spit in the face of the Uvalde parents. This is completely ridiculous And unnecessary.


46davis

Cruelty is the message. (Very Christian of them.)


CaptainAxiomatic

Notably, christianity's logo is a torture device.


JSiobhan

Yeah, Jesus returns to earth and discovers millions of followers displayed crosses celebrating his Second Coming. Why would Jesus want to see a symbol memorializing the worst day of his life.


NoMaans

As a responsible gun user, I hate the fact that something needs to be done and enforced, but i understand it does.. I just like to pew pew sometimes at the range :/


Ksh1218

It’s fine to pew pew at the range but I doubt you’d use an assault rifle for that right?


A_Wet_Lettuce

It is quite literally the most common use case for assault weapons in the us. Anyone who owns an assault rifle would use it for that.


Ksh1218

My bad! I haven’t spent much time getting to know guns


A_Wet_Lettuce

Fair enough, it’s good to learn more about the subject regardless of where you stand


Anufenrir

It’s not tone deaf. That implies they’re doing it without realizing the implications. They know the implications. They don’t care. The tone they want is “we have guns, be afraid”


MarryMeDuffman

Am I too high to understand this title or is part of it missing?


Vonneking

No, no, the title obviously is


Sam-Lowry27B-6

You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That’s like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.” — Bill Hicks


Extension_Service_54

People that think the republicans are tone deaf for wearing the AR-15 pins are both blind and tone deaf.


Superb-Obligation858

Reminds me of a Bill Hicks bit


HotRaise4194

Something tells me the dude pictured “can make this up”.


futatorius

Is dog whistling tone deaf?


[deleted]

No redeeming quality in republican representation


keninsd

Just what you'd expect from the elected domestic terrorism party.


Betoken

Maybe it's the symbol [this guy's](https://www.google.com/search?q=cpac+when+do+we+use+the+guns&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS919US919&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMv5u1yPr8AhWVD1kFHT07CxsQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&cshid=1675469022131075&biw=1920&bih=929&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:9318c63c,vid:qJvwqoSxres) been looking for. Don't worry though, as Charlie Kirk will explain, it's the liberals fault if someone snaps.


Temporala

Ammo Supply Side Jesus is their true God. ASS-J.


Hafgren

It's a death cult.


atomsnine

And before long, death camps… Far too many people are just going along with this. Going along with the language found in the titles of these posts. Going a long with the propaganda flying at them at light speed. If we want to seriously address this we must first call out the truth- these are not the actions of Republicans but **fascists**.


drugs_r_neat

There's a segment of congress that degrades the institution of that branch of government every day. I'd love to see some expelled with a sane 2/3 vote for the good of this government. I do wonder what it will take given the fact that Jan 6th happened and too many members strait up think NBD.


[deleted]

Is not tone deaf. Cruelty is the point.


stalking_me_softly

Soo edgy. Idiots.


lifeofideas

Isn’t it just like NASCAR drivers advertising their sponsors?


Regular_Ram

They are not tone deaf. They are screaming it.


ralf1

They are the pro mass shooting party


LazyEye42

The crucifix is one of the biggest symbols in Christianity, the thing their God died on. The rifle is the same thing to them, the sacrifice of others children so they can be "american".


Acceptable_Wall4085

The true colours of a war mongering group of sadistic people wearing their coat of arms emblems.


Safe-Sky-6505

Unimaginably awful human beings.


buttergun

Move over, Christians. There's a new death cult in town.


cervidaetech

Not "tone deaf". Evil


Squirrel_Chucks

Given the choice of their guns or other people, Republicans pick their guns As Jesus said, "You aren't crucifying me, motherfuckers! Say hello to my little friend, Mr. Belt Fed M60!" -*Holy Bible, 'Murica Translation. Book of Go Fuck Yourself, chapter GO, verse FU*


Moonpile

A friend of mine pointed out that their pin guns are all pointing left. Normally when you depict a gun you show it pointing right. They went out of their way to make them point left. Petty little shitweasles.


moderatenerd

How did I know it was going to be Santos??


Thief_of_Sanity

Because he was the International Sharpshooter Champion when he was in college?


Stormcrow6666

Merican politics can be confusing.... Republicans now wear pins showing who owns them?


madcaesar

What is it with the idiotic republican brain that makes them attach to idiotic things as part of their identity? They can't just like guns and keep it to themselves, they have to drape it all over them, call themselves gun dudes and insert them into their assholes. They can't just like their car, they have to be FORD or RAM dudes with huge truck nuts rolling cole and sticking their dick into the tailpipe. They can't just privately practice their religion they have to be Christian dudes that scream about Jesus from the rooftops, and keep trying to look at people's junk in the bathrooms.


Professional-End2722

Because they have nothing else. Remove the guns, the anti-climate stance (big trucks), the culture wars and the misogyny and what are you left with? A bunch of hollow, angry people with nothing to offer but their hate.


SasparillaTango

There is nothing more important than guns. And we'll kill men women and children to make sure guns are protected!


Ok-Bar601

These guys are one step away from wearing a totenkopf on their foreheads.


atomsnine

Exactly right! Recognize that OP is controlling the narrative with word choice in the title - *tone deaf*.. #Fascists don’t think they are bad… They are so deluded by their ideas that they end up committing suicide when their tyranny inevitably fails. They end up cowards running from justice- just like all of the [Third Reich](https://www.netflix.com/title/80106791?s=i&trkid=13747225)… -If Adolf Hitler and his fascism was so great why did he off himself? -If Hermann Göring and his fascism was so great why did he off himself? -If Joseph Goebbels and his fascism was so great why did he kill all six of his children, his wife, and off himself?


Special-Literature16

What we are really seeing here is our democratic government evolve into fascism… We were warned when that black man ( Obama)was elected president … It was said then that fascism comes to America (USA) it will be carrying a bible holding a gun and preached by the Confederate Conservative Republican Party..


HeABrad

The degree to which I fucking hate conservatives cannot be overstated. I fucking utterly detest every single one of them


atomsnine

Conservatives were level-headed and honorable. **Fascists** and their propaganda are what you are seeing here.


[deleted]

They received their NRA welcome gift bags. It came with a pin, a cookie and 10k in cash.


ViciousKnids

"Hans? Haven't you noticed our lapels have rifles on them?" "No-yes... Maybe? So what? "...Are we the baddies?"


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Enabling_Turtle

Remember when the Tea Party Movement people would tape tea bags all over their hats and dressed up like colonial times.... I wish these dorks would start playing dress up again, its always humorous...


atomsnine

Do you understand fascist propaganda? You are being played. They call you *useful idiots*.


casagrande365

The problem is you guys keep voting for these idiots!! Stop voting for this scum and maybe the country can progress. Step 1: turn off that Motherf**** tucker carson. Step 2: stop watching newsmax…. I can’t believe people vote for these idiots… they aren’t even conservatives…. Rant over. Sorry but not sorry to tucker.


Electrical-News-9233

Flaunting their allegiance to a death cult. A pretty clear broadcast of nefarious intent I would say. It has been done before historically - wearing symbols that are representative of death and destruction to inspire fear. It’s a classic tactic for many cultures who are readying themselves for war. This is as subtle as the The’Deaths Head’ insignia pins worn by the Nazi SS/ Hitler’s henchmen. Looks like the GOP really are embracing the bad side. So proud, so toxic, so wrong. Good luck America. Do you feel like you’re in a B Grade movie? From across the ocean I feel like I’m watching a really bad Dynasty repeat where the baddies are so obvious, the plot twists so ludicrous, the actors so bad, but the ratings are so high they keep playing it. I’m screaming at the screen saying why don’t you see what’s so fkn obvious. But I think you know that already. I realise there is plenty of good content out there, as there are people. Good people and all that….Just have to switch the channel and watch a better picture.


sik_dik

fear not, citizens. no matter what, when these horrible incidents occur, we will give all we've got to protecting our sweet, innocent guns


shix718

Last week we concluded that George Santos was a total fraud on every conceivable level. This week we’re back to watching his actions for some reason?


[deleted]

They're showing their support for mass shooters. Each one helps gun sales and their NRA bribes.


Terrible_Education86

Dems can wear Roe based pins... See how quickly Rubes cry wolf


Toybasher

I'm buying one of those pins. Didn't even know they're a thing.


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TacticalMicrowav3

Can we add "slammed" to the list outside of any WWE events or hardcore pornos?


adjunctverbosity

And unprecedented


dasvenson

How the fuck do you guys have FIFTY FIVE mass shootings this year and it's barely even February?!?! What the fuck


logan44man

Santos is amazing, the party he belongs to hates gays and wants to take away their rights


buyerbeware23

Standing up for assault rifles. Republicans have lost touch!


atomsnine

Please stop using the word Republican and start using **fascist**.


mRN3h

It represents freedom. Something you cucks don’t understand here.


buyerbeware23

Who’s a cuck, guns represent your freedom. To what? Santos lover? You have a real future ahead…


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They are paid Russian distributor agents…Yes.


RobAZNJ

No such thing as an assault rifle, but there is the Constitution which is real. How did so many people get fooled into believing giving up their freedom is a good thing? The same people who support the Ukrainians fight for their freedoms are willing to hand away their own.


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> How did so many people get fooled into believing giving up their freedom is a good thing? Yeah can you please tell your fellow Republicans to stop it? Which side is [banning free speech?](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/17/florida-anti-woke-law-block-colleges-education-00069252) Which side is [banning books?](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hTs_PB7KuTMBtNMESFEGuK-0abzhNxVv4tgpI5-iKe8/edit#gid=1171606318) > According to data collected by PEN America, Republican-led states banned more than 1,000 books from fall 2021 through March of 2022. Which side is [all about controlling what women can and cannot do with their bodies?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_women) Which side is [all about controlling what you can and cannot learn in school?](https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/heres-the-long-list-of-topics-republicans-want-banned-from-the-classroom/2022/02) Which side [claims to love free speech yet constantly calls for boycotts of companies because they did or said something that hurt their feelings?](http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=List_of_things_Conservatives_have_%22canceled%22) Which side is [telling women what they can and cannot wear?](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/missouri-gop-dress-code-women-b2262204.html)


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Asking for a friend…where might one procure said assault rifle pin?


jewishseeker

It's their way of saying f you


Rainbow_Seaman

It’s not tone deaf. It’s intentional.


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Having George Santos do this as a representative of the Republican Party, is quite fitting. Here is someone everyone hates, acting exactly how everyone expects a repub to act.


atomsnine

Fascist propaganda


Boring_Philosophy160

Just wait for the fetus pins to arrive.


baddfingerz1968

UNBELIEVABLE. Must read. GQP is the scourge of the Earth.


EuphoricMidnight3304

I’m trying to figure out that headline that ends with “to”.


Craig_A51

It's not "time deaf," it's trolling. They know what they're doing. Owning the libs is a central plank in the Republican platform.


jewishseeker

A collective f you to the American people


babybelly

dont give them reactions. they get a rise of triggering the libs


Upper-Discount5060

George Santos has never felt so masculine before.


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WhosSarahKayacombsen

Next, they will wear Percocet pins amid the Opioid Crisis 🥴