Tom Cotton says that mass shootings happen because of Black Lives Matter.
May Tom Cotton receive everything he deserves.
(The right always defaults to ‘everything would be better if only Those People would know their place: silent and deferential’—whether Those People in the particular case at hand are black, brown, female, gay, or some other failure to be a member of the Entitled.)
Perfectly said. Thank you!
I saw this sentence this morning, and it is so wonderful that I had to pass it along:
The gun violence, Cotton argued, is exacerbated by “systematic attacks on our police and law enforcement professionals for years, calling them racist and bigoted and prejudiced … when you make it harder to do their job, you shouldn’t be surprised that criminals take advantage.”
Of course! Colorado shooter thinks, Cops are too distracted by those protests that happened almost a year ago in a completely different place. Now’s my chance!
Congress was holding hearings on extremism in the military and a spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center was testifying. A Republican Congressman tried to do a gotcha on her by accusing SPLC of calling the American Legion and the VFW racist organizations. When she denied that they had ever done any such thing, he pointed to a website that claimed it. He had to be informed that he was quoting a satire site.
Hey, if it’s a good enough source for the Senate Minority Leader, I think we can understand a freshman representative thinking it was good enough for him:
“Fake news! Fake news!”
Why is it that Republicans can’t tell real from fake? That was a rhetorical question. I know the answer. The answer involves the words: “Republicans”, “Stupid”, “Mouth”, “Breathing”, and “Morons”.
Standing there on the dais listening to ShitGibbon suggest mainlining bleach to wipe out the virus was an uncomfortable moment for Deborah Birx, so she joined a company that sells “air purifiers” that can put dangerous cleaning substances into the user’s lungs.
Did South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds just threaten Biden with a gun?
I’m just too totally distracted by the “vicious dog nipping at my own genitals” thing to focus on the gun. Is thus some new sort of toxic masculine Christian faith test or something, a variation on snake handling?
Or is he just being totally stupid in a way that only a Republican can? Is his message “Joe Biden, if you come for my guns my dog is going to bite off my dick…come and get ‘em?”
A South Carolina state senator is proposing that every citizen in the state over 17 who can legally own a gun become a member of a militia to prevent federal laws from allowing gun seizures or restrictions.
According to South Carolina’s Constitution, the governor has the power to call up an “unorganized militia” comprising “all able-bodied male citizens of the State between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years.”
Sen. Tom Corbin (R) is proposing expanding membership to the militia to everyone who is 17 years and older, arguing that if many residents are part of this regulated militia, it would protect them from federal restrictions on weapons.
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Great! What could possibly go wrong?
Male, huh?
Former Individual 1 campaign advisor Jason Miller told a court that he didn’t have any money to pay his court ordered child support but neglected to mention he was hired by a media company for $500,000.
The Party Of Personal Responsibility and Family Values, indeed.
“Look, I did the math, and the value of my family is zero, what could be more responsible than that?”
In the “we support the will of the people, unless it’s something we don’t agree with” category, Missouri House Republicans have blocked funds for voter-approved Medicaid expansion.
This looks like something from The Onion, but apparently it’s for real:
Holy crap, Rule 34 for sure!!!
Meanwhile, the local Safeway wonders why Mike Rounds buys so much peanut butter…