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[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 134 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why are we bothering to continue giving her the attention? Sharing this nonsense only helps her.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She has real power. She is on committees and she is pretty much singlehandedly keeping McCarthy in the speaker's chair. Ignore people like her at your peril, because they won't go away, they'll just keep getting more powerful.

If you think she's bad now, wait until she gets into the Senate. Or gets a cabinet position in the Executive Branch.

[–] Cobrachickenwing@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She is talking about Trump all the time because once he is out of the news she is toast. She made no allies in the party, seen as an ineffective representative and will lose the nomination once someone more crazy wants to challenge her in a primary.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And her being replaced by a bigger whack job is somehow better?

And don't underestimate her allegiances. Say what you will about Kevin McCarthy, but he's still Speaker of the House. He may not have the full support of the GOP, but he had plenty of allies and clout before MTG came along. And there are plenty of Republicans from both chambers that have absolutely no problems with her policies and like the idea of her being a lightning rod keeping the negative publicity off of them in public while quietly maneuvering behind the scenes. They want her around even if it's only in a "useful idiot" role.

MTG's incessant attempts at impeaching Biden are an example. She is the one constantly in the press demanding Biden's impeachment ad nauseum. She is the one that takes the brunt of the political heat for her position. And she loves every minute of it. But look how much support impeachment has behind the scenes. Not a full majority, but a growing number of GOP politicians are glad to work behind the scenes to make that a reality while letting her absorb all the consequences for it.

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[–] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So share it around! Its free!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Now your just being a anarchist!

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[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

every time I see MTG I have a moment of "what the literal fuck does a card game have to do with this?"

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

tfw you just realize that almost every GOP person would play Black/White Tax deck

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[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Republicans went from Nixon to Reagan to George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, and finally to Trump, Pence, Marjorie Taylor Green, and Lauren Bobert... It's like they are deliberately trying to elect stupider people every year.

At this rate, by 2032 the Republican presidential nominee will be just be a brick with a Hitler mustache glued to it.

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You leave Brickler out of this!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least Brickler made the cement trucks run on time.

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[–] CaptObvious 9 points 1 year ago

At least the brick would be better qualified than the Cheeto with a bad toupee.

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[–] CthuluVoIP@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I wish instead of Ric Flair in drag with bad opinions, we had actual Ric Flair in her seat in congress.

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Flair actually did consider running for governor of NC at one point, so it isn't as unlikely as you might think.

[–] Invisinak@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as someone that lives with Glenn Jacobs (Kane in the wwe) as mayor I will second leaving pro wrestlers out of politics please.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

But Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, Five-time Ultimate Smackdown Champion was a great President!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ventura was bad enough, man.

lets leave off the pro wrestlers. Though maybe we should try to lure MTG away from politics to a career in pro wrestlign. I bet her fans would love that.

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[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the press had any balls, they would demand she define communism. They aren't demanding that and they aren't demanding any of these assholes define what woke means either.

[–] Jaybob32@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago

TBF, it was Fox News. They don't have journalists.

[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Please please please stop giving this dipshit attention. Thats all she really wants. Shes pissed trump is getting all of the attention right now so she continues to say stupid and outlandish shit with no understanding of its meaning, solely because it gets her in articles like this. This dumb bitch needs to fuck off already.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

US right wing thought process:

Anything they disagree with = Communism (the USA calling "commie" sounds straight from the lips of General Jack D Ripper to outsiders.)

Anything they agree with = Democracy

[–] takeda@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actually right now even democracy is considered a dirty word, they even say that US isn't democracy, but a republic (ignoring what republic is).

They already started conditioning their minions, that dictatorship isn't really all that bad.

The ironic thing is that the primary reason why communism is bad is that it normally comes together with totalitarism, and that's what they essentially arguing for.

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[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Haven’t they been wanting to impeach biden since before he even took office lol. They love saying that

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Her entire political career is based on saying loud dumb shit, no policy, no progress just REEEEE. She'd disappear tomorrow if everyone decided to stop paying attention to her

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the goal. While everyone's listening to her deranged rambling, the other scumbags are probably scheming in the shadows.

Ignoring her would definitely be the best thing.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If prosecuting Trump is "communism" then sign me up for communism.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sign me up either way. I’ll gladly take democratic ownership of corporations over our current stage of managerial feudalism anyday.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Communism definitely has its own set of advantages and disadvantages, but the Republican Party just label everything they don't like "communism" and "socialism." Sometimes they even throw a "radical" in there. Words have lost all meaning.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

So if we impeach trump we get the means of production?

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I’m pretty sure she breathes through her asshole.

[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you can see when she does. it’s on her face.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

The evidence before the court is

Incontrovertible, there's no need for

The jury to retire

In all my years of judging

I have never heard before

Of someone more deserving

Of the full penalty of law

The way you made them suffer

Your exquisite wife and mother

Fills me with the urge to defecate!

Since, my friend, you have revealed your

Deepest fear,

I sentence you to be exposed before

your peers—

TEAR DOWN THE WALL!

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[–] spider@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 year ago

I would need a lobotomy to understand that.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

MTG is a complete moron so, not surprised

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Magic the gathering said that?

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[–] BromSwolligans@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Must stop covering this person.

[–] Venomnik0@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its reactionary bullshit. Republicans have just become the "anti-democrats"

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

correction they are anti-democratic and pro facists

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

She’s a waste of carbon.

[–] Rom@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Everyone here knows she's well aware it doesn't mean anything, right? To the fascists it's just a buzzword they use to rile up their base.

[–] GhostOnTheHalfShell@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

For MTG and conservatives in general, woke or communism just means "(the acts of) people we don't like"

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