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

[Rhinox]

While I appreciate these lies being brought into the light, what is the point if idiots keep voting for them?

 

[wonko the sane?]

While I appreciate these lies being brought into the light, what is the point if idiots keep voting for them?

That's a question I keep asking myself. A lot of the political videos in my youtube feed of late have had titles like "X absolutely schools Y in epic fact check" but it never results in anything. It doesn't matter how often you call them on lying and cheating and being hypocritical, they have absolutely no shame and consequently no incentive to change.

 

[Rhinox]

There's an awful lot of "owning" yet nothing seems to happen. When do consequences become a thing again?

Gotta say, it kind of pisses me off. I do a hell of a lot of finding out for very little ******* around. Meanwhile these asshats hug around all goddamn day with absolutely no finding out anything except that half the country is ******* stupid enough to believe them.

 

[Paladin]

well if this isn't the epitome of Republican Christianity.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1624204038991450114

 

[NovaSaber]

Wyoming GOP defends child marriage while claiming it's trans rights that harm children - LGBTQ Nation

Many conservatives say that kids are turning transgender due to "grooming," but they're fighting for a 40-year-old man's right to marry a 12-year-old girl.

www.lgbtqnation.com

Wyoming’s H.B. 7 seeks to ban marriages involving anyone under the age of 16 and would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent. Current Wyoming law has no minimum age requirement for marriage. For those under 16, parents must receive a judge’s consent. The bill would take away a judge’s ability to do so and simply make it illegal for those under 16 to marry.

Opponents of child marriage say that it places children at the risk of being victims of violence and robs them of their childhood. They have criticized the Wyoming bill because most child marriages involve girls who are 16 or 17, but some conservatives are opposing the bill for the opposite reason: they believe younger children should be able to get married.

 

[NovaSaber]

 

[NovaSaber]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625645016033927169

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625499131107250184

Marjorie Taylor Greene says marriage equality proves Democrats "turned their back on God" - LGBTQ Nation

She then used 9/11 as an example of how an aircraft can crash without killing people.

www.lgbtqnation.com

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) denounced marriage equality as a sign that Democrats have “turned their backs on God.”

She then made comments about how 9/11 proves that an aircraft crashing isn’t dangerous for people on the ground.

 

[Pocket]

She then made comments about how 9/11 proves that an aircraft crashing isn’t dangerous for people on the ground.

I sure wish we could send her back in time to when a comment like that would get her super-canceled by her party. Hell, most of 'em probably wouldn't survive long at this point.

 

[Ungnome]

Should someone send MTG various casually reports from airshow disasters, or heck the fatal balloon bomb incident from WWII.Not that she'd read them, much less comprehend them.

 

[KidTDragon]

Then why bother sending them?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Facts and logic have no place in what passes for her mind. Only anger, outrage, and self-importance.

 

[NovaSaber]

MN lawmaker: Schools must say sickness is a "consequence imposed by the Creator"

State Sen. Glenn H. Gruenhagen's bill would shove Christian theology into public school science classes

friendlyatheist.substack.com

It’s only when you read the rest of the bill that you realize what this is actually about:

… and how sickness, disease, pain, suffering, and death are a consequence imposed by the Creator of complex living organisms.

Ah. Gruenhagen just wants his religious beliefs taught in science (and history) class. He thinks sickness and disease are the result of God punishing us, not germ theory or viruses. He doesn’t actually care about scientific “facts” or theories.

This is nothing more than a Trojan Horse to shove his Christian faith into schools. An identical bill was proposed last year, too, and it went nowhere.

Gruenhagen is a newly elected state senator, but he previously served in the State House from 2010 until 2022. He’s a climate denier and Christian Nationalist who falsely “believes that our rights come from God and not from man or government.”

There’s been no mention of the bill on Gruenhagen’s own social media pages. In the past, however, he has promoted the group run by Christian pseudo-historian David Barton:

It's bad enough that he doesn't even understand how strongly science disproves him on this, but how can someone stupid enough to actually think science supports this bullshit possibly be elected?

 

[Paladin]

in case you thought any Republican would ever face consequences for anything.

Rep. Matt Gaetz won't be criminally charged in DOJ sex trafficking probe, his lawyers say

The Department of Justice decision not to prosecute Rep. Matt Gaetz came months after a former friend was sentenced for sex trafficking and other crimes.

www.cnbc.com

Merrick Garland is ******* worthless.

 

[Rhinox]

I don't think we can say that without knowing more details. It may just be that the case wasn't there. Much as I would LOVE to see Gaetz go down in flames, if the case isn't there I'd rather them not move forward and potentially give him more ammunition to claim persecution on the airwaves.

 

[NovaSaber]

Virginia governor blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories

Glenn Youngkin essentially kills bill passed in Democratic-led state senate to ban search warrants for menstrual data on tracking apps

www.theguardian.com

A bill passed in the Democratic-led state senate, and supported by half the chamber’s Republicans, would have banned search warrants for menstrual data stored in tracking apps on mobile phones or other electronic devices.

Advocates feared private health information could be used in prosecutions for abortion law violations, after a US supreme court ruling last summer overturned federal protections for the procedure.

But Youngkin, who has pushed for a 15-week abortion ban to mirror similar measures in several Republican-controlled states, essentially killed the bill through a procedural move in a subcommittee of the Republican-controlled House.

 

[NovaSaber]

Full list of Republicans backing Matt Gaetz's resolution to end Ukraine aid

Gaetz and 10 other House Republicans have called on Biden to end U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine in their "Ukraine Fatigue Resolution."

www.newsweek.com

 

[Plutoniumboss]

Full list of Republicans backing Matt Gaetz's resolution to end Ukraine aid

Gaetz and 10 other House Republicans have called on Biden to end U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine in their "Ukraine Fatigue Resolution."

www.newsweek.com

"...and demand that all combatants in this conflict reach a peace agreement immediately."

Because of course Putin will just just back down if we DEMAND it.

 

[Patch]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1627330517707153408

 

[Wheelimus]

Push us so close to default that they blink before you do any of that jive.

 

[Wheelimus]

Once again MTG calls for Civil War. And will get away with it.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Sparks Uproar With 'Treasonous' Presidents Day Tweet

The Republican governor of Utah slammed the lawmaker's rhetoric as "evil," while other critics accused her of calling for civil war.

www.huffpost.com