#MarjorieTraitorGreene now arguing that the video in which she asked 1M people to come to Washington to prevent the peaceful transfer of power on January 6th and refuse to go quietly into the night, she really wanted them to come in peace, behave themselves & then leave quietly.
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DYK: The sole beneficiary of Florida GOP Gov Ron DeSantis canceling math books in Florida is… Virginia GOP Gov Glenn Youngkin’s former company Accelerate Learning🧵
Before now, The Carlyle Group was best known for being the Bush/GOP-affiliated, Bin Laden family-backed firm that made huge profits from the war on terror: pressherald.com/2018/12/15/let…
54 math text books in Florida were rejected by DeSantis because of "problematic" content, leaving Glenn Youngkin's former company as state's sole provider of math books.🤔
DOJ: From Feb 2020 to Apr 21, "Verastigui was active in an online group devoted to trading child pornography and discussing child sexual abuse. Verastigui shared child pornography videos with another member of the group and made numerous comments about sexually abusing children."
DOJ: "Verastigui indicated his preference for babies, saying they were his 'absolute favorite,' and solicited another group member for videos of babies being raped. The other group member... sent Verastigui a video of a baby being raped... Verastigui responded enthusiastically."
🧵 When Mitt Romney’s niece Ronna Romney McDaniel took over the leadership of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in 2017, the Republican Party was in crisis.... (1/x)
The election of the notorious pervert, pussygrabber, and pornstar-hush-money-paying Donald Trump had destroyed the party’s reputation as a protector of “family values.” (2/x)
Trump was a known associate of child rapists like Jeffrey Epstein and John Casablancas.
Even before the 2016 election, Trump was revealed to have hosted “wild parties with sex, cocaine and underage models” in which girls as young as 15 were "introduced" to older men. (3/x)
The US having a higher death-rate-per-capita than any other wealthy nation didn’t have to happen
Trump was the worst possible President to lead America through a pandemic
By March 2020, he had already botched the nation’s #Covid19 response...🧵
February 2020 was the month in which Covid-19 “seeded” in NY, leading to a devastating first wave.
Trump spent the month golfing, holding MAGA rallies, visiting his own resorts, attending GOP fundraisers, and taking an election-year ego-stroking trip to India. (2/)
Trump lied us into a pandemic.
His failure to take Covid seriously, his failure to test, his failure to invoke the Defense Production Act, and his frequent promotion of “fairy tale” cures guaranteed that the pandemic would hit America harder than any other wealthy nation. (3/)
The Atlantic, October 2020: “Trump’s carelessness didn’t just jeopardize his own health, and that of his wife, his aides, and the Secret Service. The September 26 White House event for the Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett appears to have compromised the health of many…
important officials. ‘More than 100 people gathered,’ NPR reported. ‘Guests mingled, hugged and kissed on the cheek, most without wearing masks. An indoor reception followed the outdoor ceremony. 7 days later, at least 8 people who were at the ceremony have tested positive’….
21,072 Floridians have died of COVID-19 since July 4 this year.
Only 34 countries in the world have seen more Covid deaths than that since the start of the pandemic.
Fewer people have died of #COVID19 in Japan (population 126 million) since the start of the pandemic than have died in Florida (population 21.6 million) since July 4 of this year.
Fewer people have died of #COVID19 in South Korea (population 51.8 million) since the start of the pandemic than have died in Florida (population 21.6 million) since September 22 of this year.