Thread by @Real_QL

‼️Republicans and Conservatives hypocrisy

"We're Republicans, and..."

‼️THREAD‼️

(feel free to add any more examples)

Preface: 1 of my biggest issues with Repubs/MAGAs is their hypocrisy (see my recent Trump/Fox News satire video) I found a comment by u/Abs0lutE__zer0_ on Reddit which highlights the reasons really well. Please upvote/gold him if you use Reddit.

See here:
reddit.com/r/politics/com…

1) "A man's home is his castle!" (Unless the police knock)
- I didn't see any outrage from Republicans over the murder of Breonna Taylor

theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

2) "We hate redistribution of wealth!" (Unless it's for the 1%)
- Trump has favoured the rich through tax cuts which has just been hoarded and furthered wealth inequality.

theguardian.com/business/2019/…

3) "We believe in state's rights!" (Unless it has sanctuary cities)

reuters.com/article/us-usa…

4) "We're the party of Lincoln!"
- Promoting Confederate flags
- Tom Cotton: Slavery was a "necessary evil"

vox.com/2016/7/20/1214…

5) "We believe in free trade!" (And the occasional old fashioned trade war)

bbc.com/news/world-435…

6) "We're the party of fiscal responsibility!" (When Democrats are in office)

forbes.com/sites/chuckjon…

7) "We're pro-life!" (Except when it comes to pandemics, war, and executions)
- 157k American deaths due to coronavirus
- Federal executions restarted after 17 years.

8) "We believe in personal responsibility!" (With the exception of family planning)

thehill.com/policy/healthc…

9) "We're pro-family values!" (Unless it's to separate families and put kids in cages)

theguardian.com/us-news/2020/f…

10) "We're pro-personal liberty!" (Gay marriage, abortion, and cannabis not included)

washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…

11) "We believe in small government!" (Unless we have to roll the army into your town)

theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

12) "We love the United States of America!" (But go ahead and wave those Confederate flags)
- Don't forget Confederate statues

reuters.com/article/us-usa…

13) "We defend personal private property!" (Unless we have to seize your land to build our wall)

thehill.com/homenews/admin…

14) "We want a return to public decency!" (Like those very fine people who marched in Charlottesville)

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

15) "We believe in freedom of speech!" (Though we may tear-gas peaceful protesters from time to time)

businessinsider.com.au/trump-teargas-…

16) "We believe in equal opportunity for all!" (It's just a coincidence that our policies hurt people of color)

americanprogress.org/issues/race/ne…

17) "We're the party of law and order!" (Unless it's Trump, he can break all the laws)
- Freezing aid to Ukraine
- Roger Stone (Commuted sentence)
- etc

But for Trump personally - I'll just leave this here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_aff…

18) "We believe in traditional Christian morality!" (Except for electing a thrice married adulterer who ran on the promise of committing war crimes)

npr.org/2020/06/02/867…

19) "America first!" (Assuming Russia approves)

Let me just plug my video/ thread

https://twitter.com/Real_QL/status/1289888716211675136?s=20

https://twitter.com/Real_QL/status/1289890781096902656?s=20/video/1