So this was at the bottom of the article where McConnell weighs in “this is why congress shouldn’t run for 5 weeks straight, things get weird.” Wtf, what about everyone else in the world that works 52 weeks straight. Just another example of how out of touch some representatives are.
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What the fuck is going on in America.
Can you please not elect the school yard bully who possibly has an acquired brain injury from the time they were a cage fighter?
The problem is these people are voted in by states who comprise of residents who have brain injuries, misogynistic views, extremist ideals, and/or a myriad of other skewed thoughts.
So unfortunately we get stuck with the consequences of other state's resident's decisions
The real problem is over 50% of the voting age population just doesn't vote
And part of that problem is that the aforementioned group of people deliberately make it harder to vote so that it comes down to whoever they can get more outraged. And guess what kind of people get more outraged?
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"Jerry Springer Goes To Congress" is what happened. Republican strategists know full well that most blue collar people who vote Republican are stupid, hateful, and eat this trashy shit up with a spoon. It's intentional.
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Our school systems have failed us and we are finally seeing the results.
On top of that christian nationalists have taken over the republican party.
This is your daily reminder to vote responsibly.
American legislatures are surprisingly civil historically speaking when compared to other legislatures. We've had TWO incidents of legislative violence (Sumner slavery incident and 6 January incident). Meanwhile, in Britain, Parliament devolves into a shouting fest every week during Prime Minister's Questions and don't forget how happy Parliament was to send people they didn't like to the gallows in the past. The French legislature did the same.
Taiwan's legislature turns into a free-for-all fistfight whenever the government presents a controversial bill. Japan's National Diet members will literally eat the paper to prevent a bill's passage.
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Can we please just have adults represent us. This buffoonery is embarrassing.
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"Then stand your butt up then," said Mullin.
"You stand your butt up," said O'Brien.
It's kind of funny to me that these grown men were about to have a fight in the middle of a congressional hearing over a mean tweet, but saying "ass" isn't appropriate.
They never would have fought
I watched the video and they both kept saying they would but wouldn't actually do it. Then both accused the other of being a thug/bully for wanting to fight but also a coward for not fighting.
Theyre the kids that act tough and pick fights in front of teachers knowing nothing can happen.
Now it might just be my bias, but I feel O'Brien was taunting trolling, while the hard-right guy was posturing. Of the two, I expect the hard-right guy to be more of the unstable child in the situation, but also agree probably not willing to actually fight. With O'Brien or however it's spelled, I feel like getting that reaction was his win... but again probably a lot of personal bias.
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President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. That's where that country is headed.
At least he cared about his fellow Americans.
President Camacho saw his people in trouble, so he sought out the smartest man alive, and empowered that man to make real changes. This caused some unforseen consequences because of how comprehensively bad the situation had gotten, but upon seeing positive results they championed and promoted Not Sure.
These are politics so virtuous that they can only be fictional.
I'm oddly disappointed the sentence didn't end with "with a steel chair"
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Wtf is happening
A probable boost in popularity. Wouldn't be the first time violence elevated someone's profile. What happened when Republican Greg Gianforte body-slammed a reporter.
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So much little dick, snowflake, peaked in middle school energy coming from this guy, it's just absolutely sad.
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MMA fighters are all loose cannons. You don't just decide that your life's calling is to knock the piss out of another man by any means necessary. That's psycho shit. So is threatening violence on a union president. If only Republicans understood that hatred isn't a political ideology and doesn't cash checks.
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The senator has two first names... in his first name.
What are people expecting here?
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Uduslly this type of toxic masculinity screams closet case to me.
Teamsters boss is right, the senator is a clown. Saying stupid things to get in the news.
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Mullin needs to go back to his crappy plumbing company. Wasn't he the one hiding while his suposed buddies invaded the place a couple of years ago?
Idiocracy was supposed to be an absurd comedy, not a suggestion!
Should be immediate loss of position when you threaten to fight anyone in congress
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Mullin might benefit from a little historical research on the activities of the Teamsters' union.
Abe Lincoln would have wrecked them
yeah I kinda wish we could bring Abe and Teddy Roosevelt back to whip the shit out of the GOP... their shame should know no bounds.
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“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the war room!”
yeah, but Teamsters don't show up to a fight without preparing, including having already dug the other guys grave.
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That cannot be his real name
Oklahoma
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