What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

[Paladin]

this was ALWAYS where it was going to go. Antivax is now part of the GOP platform.

Proposed Georgia law would end all childhood vaccination requirements

17 Georgia state senators have proposed a new bill aimed at getting rid of all routine childhood vaccination requirements.

www.wjcl.com

 

[wonko the sane?]

Honestly: I question what kind of long game, if any at all, the GOP are playing. How do you win by killing your constituents and their children? Are they "making america great again" by removing the thing holding america back?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Their only goal, as far as I can see, is not being democrats. They have no discernable motive being contrary and greedy. And if legions of the poor have to suffer and die for it, well, that's clearly their fault for being poor in the first place.

 

[Spin-Out]

i mean, god asked abraham to sacrifice his son to prove his faith, so clearly Ku Klux Khristians should be willing to sacrifice their own children to prove their faith or something.

they probably didn't read far enough in the bible to get to the part where god is like "psych! you don't have to sacrifice your son, lmao! i pranked you, bro! kekw, amirite?"

 

[Nevermore]

You'll never guess who criticizes his own party for their current position regarding the January 6th insurrection.

Mitch McConnell rebukes RNC for censuring party members investigating ‘violent insurrection’

The Republican National Committee chastised Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, irking the Senate minority leader

www.theguardian.com

Don't tell me Mitch McConnell just discovered he has a spine.

 

[Rust]

He hasn't.
The treasonous lich just understands the fundamental danger to his party's future by continuing to worship at the cheeto-covered feet of a cult leader.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

His new position will be to pin all the blame on Trump and act like he himself is blameless for everything. Turtle has no loyalty, just pure self-interest.

 

[Paladin]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signals support for 'Don't Say Gay' bill

The bill, which would bar the 'discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity' in primary schools, passed the Florida Senate Education Committee on Tuesday.

www.nbcnews.com

Forcing an entire generation into the closet, or the grave. Whichever comes first.

 

[Spin-Out]

“Schools need to be teaching kids to read, to write,” DeSantis said. “They need to teach them science, history. We need more civics and understanding of the U.S. Constitution, what makes our country unique, all those basic stuff.”

goddamn, do i hate this pathetic excuse for a human being.

 

[Pocket]

And the only reason people buy that excuse is that everyone knows Florida's schools are currently garbage at teaching those things, because he and his predecessors have spent the past half century or more defunding them.

 

[wonko the sane?]

one of the GOP goals it to either completely privitize the schools, or outright close them. Because the easiest way to keep a population in thrall is to keep them poor and ignorant.

 

[Paladin]

Arizona Senate candidate releases Super Bowl ad showing armed ‘showdown’ with Dem leaders

Arizona Senate candidate Jim Lamon’s campaign released a Super Bowl ad on Thursday depicting him in an armed “showdown” with Democratic leaders including incumbent Arizona Sen. Ma…

thehill.com

This is who's running to unseat Mark Kelly. Whose wife survived a mass shooting.

 

[abates]

'Gazpacho police': Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's word soup launches social media frenzy

Social media went into a frenzy on Wednesday after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confused "gazpacho" and "gestapo" during an appearance on OAN.

www.usatoday.com

“We have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do, spying on our staff and spying on American citizens that want to come talk to their representatives,” Green said.

Justice is a dish best served cold.

 

[Spin-Out]

'Gazpacho police': Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's word soup launches social media frenzy

Social media went into a frenzy on Wednesday after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confused "gazpacho" and "gestapo" during an appearance on OAN.

www.usatoday.com

Justice is a dish best served cold.

see this is exactly what i'm talking about when i say the GOP is dumber than a sack of hammers and how at this point we're overestimating their intelligence.

like, yeah, we underestimated them in 2016, and that was a colossal mistake, but we're overcompensating in the other direction by treating them like they're machiavellian geniuses when they're just a bunch of idiotic bullies who will crumble if we fight back strong enough.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

The problem is that they're not all that stupid. The rest just use the screaming idiots like Greene as a smokescreen while they slip more voter suppression and general hatred into law. The stupid ones make for better ratings, so the media loves it.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Also: given how far they've jackbooted down the path to fascism: they're projecting again.

 

[Spin-Out]

enh, they're still pretty ******* stupid. competent fascists wouldn't be killing their own base via COVIDiocy.

 

[wonko the sane?]

If they were SMART fascists: they wouldn't exist. Well, they might, but they wouldn't have the base to exploit.

 

[Paladin]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Gender-affirming care for transgender children is abuse

AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a new interpretation of state law that says certain types of medical care for transgender children are abuse,...

www.dallasnews.com

Genocide against LGBT, trans kids in particular, is a centerpiece of the GOP agenda.

 

[Ironbite4]

Oh there's a reason for all this.

Ex-ERCOT chief says Abbott directed freeze blackouts to stop before decision to run up billions in bills

The former head of the Texas power grid testified in court Wednesday that when he ordered...

www.houstonchronicle.com

Ironbite-oh that's gonna hurt in the polls if the polls weren't filled with idiots.