In our #TuesdayThread , we're discussing deplorables Majorie Taylor Greene & Lauren Boebert. The cartoon villianesque evil duo seem to have become the center of every controversy in Washington.
Why?
The answer is simple.
Cold hard cash.
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Why?
The answer is simple.
Cold hard cash.
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(2) Majorie Taylor Greene is a textbook provocateur who perversely enjoys taunting and terrorizing people on camera. This is her entire persona in a nutshell.
If it gleans even a trickle of media attention, she's there to slurp it up. So very thirsty.
chicagotribune.com/nation-world/c…
If it gleans even a trickle of media attention, she's there to slurp it up. So very thirsty.
chicagotribune.com/nation-world/c…
(3) Boebert fits the same provocateur profile except she has a niche to exploit. Gun rights. And she'll go wherever the profits from 2A advocates take her.
She even runs a restaurant based on pissing off people in a state traumatized by gun violence.
kunc.org/2021-01-27/boe…
She even runs a restaurant based on pissing off people in a state traumatized by gun violence.
kunc.org/2021-01-27/boe…
(4) So why does this deplorable duo run around Washington seeking to widen partisan divisions, stir up controversy, and constantly pump Qanon crazy juice into the public square?
Because it works for them.
vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/l…
https://t.co/uBZxZ6firN
Because it works for them.
vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/l…
https://t.co/uBZxZ6firN
(5) And by works I mean it generates them profit, which is the only measure of success Republicans seem to care about.
Since Greene got kicked off committees, her fundraising haul has exploded. She's made 3.2 million in the last three months alone.
ajc.com/politics/marjo…
Since Greene got kicked off committees, her fundraising haul has exploded. She's made 3.2 million in the last three months alone.
ajc.com/politics/marjo…
(6) And while Boebert isn't quite as prolific in fundraising, she's not far behind. This is a formula that has worked for decades.
Stir controversy and you may alienate some constituents BUT it'll pump national money into your campaign like a firehose.
durangoherald.com/articles/37278…
Stir controversy and you may alienate some constituents BUT it'll pump national money into your campaign like a firehose.
durangoherald.com/articles/37278…
(7) Dollars isn't always votes. But it helps. In fact, it pretty much guarantees election wins.
"How strong is the association between campaign spending and political success? For House seats, more than 90 percent of candidates who spend the most win."
fivethirtyeight.com/features/money…
"How strong is the association between campaign spending and political success? For House seats, more than 90 percent of candidates who spend the most win."
fivethirtyeight.com/features/money…
(8) If you want to prevent the disgusting rhetoric that Greene and Boebert pump into public discourse from taking hold, the surest way to do that is simple.
Stop amplifying it.
Don't give it your attention.
And discourage the media from spotlighting it.
theweek.com/articles/96451…
Stop amplifying it.
Don't give it your attention.
And discourage the media from spotlighting it.
theweek.com/articles/96451…
(9) This is the same phenomenon we ran into with Trump. As a provocateur President, he craved attention.
And the easiest way to prevent him from controlling the narrative and deny him power over our lives was to deprive him of the spotlight.
businessinsider.com/us-election-an…
And the easiest way to prevent him from controlling the narrative and deny him power over our lives was to deprive him of the spotlight.
businessinsider.com/us-election-an…
(10) I want you to repeat after me.
I solemnly swear to ignore Lauren Boebert & Majorie Taylor Greene and not to amplify any media tweets or articles about them.
I promise it's that easy.
Their fundraising will dry up like the Sahara.
In the meantime...
donovanforsd5.com/donate
I solemnly swear to ignore Lauren Boebert & Majorie Taylor Greene and not to amplify any media tweets or articles about them.
I promise it's that easy.
Their fundraising will dry up like the Sahara.
In the meantime...
donovanforsd5.com/donate
(End) Thanks to @dhowes3 for the #TuesdayThread suggestion. Come back Thursday and we'll do this again.
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