Thread by @Monaheart1229

Punchbowl News this am on 'The Week of Self Inflicted Wounds':
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"Andrew Cuomo-In the middle of a scandal that threatens his political future, called a Dem state legislator to yell & threaten. The legislator promptly spoke to the press, and Cuomo had another headache 1
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"Sen Ron Johnson said on Wisconsin radio that the armed insurrection at the Capitol was, in fact, not armed. Police recovered guns and other weapons. There are videos of people with bats. Five people died that day, & more afterward. Johnson made this claim after being escorted 2/

"around the Capitol Jan. 6 by heavily armed police officers. What happened on Jan. 6 was the definition of an armed insurrection
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"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the disaster in his state on the Green New Deal. The Green New Deal has never passed Congress. The proposal itself has only been around for a couple of years.
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"The reality is that Texas and its top officials were woefully unprepared for the once-in-a-generation storm that slammed the Lone Star State, and most everyone realizes that
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"Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry -- a former secretary of Energy -- suggested Texans don’t mind freezing for a few days to keep their freedom. Do we need to even put this in context?
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"And then there’s Sen. Ted Cruz, who somehow thought it wise to decamp to the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun while Texas was in a state of emergency.
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"Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in his infinite wisdom took the opposite position of every other human being by saying Cruz shouldn’t have apologized. Cruz, though, did apologize."
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As they say: 'Clowning By Public Officials' (heretofore to be known as CPO) is on the upswing now that Trump isn't sucking up all the oxygen
These guys aren't dumb, but they've been getting away with everything for 4 yrs
No more!