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

wonko the sane? said:

Once upon a time; looking at your watch too often, or catching a football weird was enough to end a presidential run and career.

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Pocket said:

No, it was only enough if you were a Democrat. And probably still is. Because the Republicans control the media landscape, which means they decide when someone's career is "over." The only time I can recall when a Republican was ruined over something petty was all the way back in the '50s when Nixon sweated too much on television, and the two parties were on much more even footing back then.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the arrest of the Democrats who fled the Lone Star State in an effort to halt the advancement of new congressional maps that could benefit Republicans in next year’s midterms.


“Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans,” Abbott said in a statement. “By fleeing the state, Texas House Democrats are holding hostage critical legislation to aid flood victims and advance property tax relief. There are consequences for dereliction of duty.

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Pocket said:

Weren't we calling for this exact same thing to happen when Republicans refused to show up for work in Oregon?

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State Sen. J. Stuart Adams, Republican leader of the Utah Senate, once said that transgender athletes put cisgender girls at risk. Now, he’s facing criticism for his help to keep his 18-year-old relative out of jail after he raped a 13-year-old girl.

Adams helped change a state law to give his accused relative a lighter sentence. Adams swears he neither requested nor helped draft the 2024 law that aided his relative, but he did ask for the relative’s rape charges to be reconsidered in light of the new law.

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KidTDragon said:

Ex-Superman actor Dean Cain says he's becoming ICE agent - BBC News

Dean Cain says he'll be "sworn in as an ICE agent asap" following a recruitment drive by the agency.

www.bbc.com

I don't know how he's going to squeeze ICE service into his packed filming schedule.

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