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@guardianogeloso
Sep 15, 2022 • 23 tweets • 15 min read • Read on X
ERIC. SCHMITT. CAN’T. PROTECT. MISSOURIANS. @Eric_Schmitt

-Not from abuse/slavery at unlicensed boarding schools

-Not from a pandemic ravaging hospitals and destroying families

-And not from enduring forced birth and trauma at the hands of the state.

Let’s explore.

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He and @GovParsonMO allowed the situation at #Agape to go unchecked for far too long, and still haven’t stopped it.

@AGEricSchmitt’s office fielded the complaints of gang rape.

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He had received the many DHS warnings of the labor trafficking. The sickening reports of children and even employee spouses forced into involuntary servitude.
He knew exactly what was going on and not only did the school continue to operate, Schmitt **asked to be taken off the case** because he said the local prosecutor wasn’t being tough enough.

How does that even make sense?

themissouritimes.com/ag-requests-re…
Rather than use the power of his own office to shut down this abuse factory, he threw in the towel and abandoned vulnerable Missouri kids and families that were suffering sexual and physical abuse and ::checks notes:: BEING ENSLAVED.
Only recently, after immense public pressure, did he re-engage on the issue, but immediately faced an embarrassing loss in court when the judge refused to close down the school.

As Attorney General, Eric has abjectly failed to protect those kids.

ky3.com/2022/09/12/jud…
When COVID began ravaging Missouri communities and destroying families, @AGEricSchmitt did nothing but excessive political grandstanding and exploitation of Missourians to rally his extreme right-wing base and advance his chances in the Senate primary.
He parroted every ounce of the Trump anti-science propaganda, from personally denigrating the scientists to granting special privileges to fake magic drugs like Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-…

https://t.co/zgXixMcCW5
On masks, he displayed the typical Republican doublespeak strategy hoping we wouldn’t notice.

He wasted taxpayer dollars by suing **China** for “hoarding masks”, saying China made Missourians less safe in the fight against this novel global virus.

stltoday.com/news/local/col…
But then he sued nearly every public school district in the state for their mask requirement policies, echoing the extremist propaganda that equated masks to child abuse, and initiating a huge waste of taxpayer funds on nonstarter cases.

ago.mo.gov/home/news/2022…
When the school mask requirements were inevitably dropped as the caseload data put regions in lower risk categories, @AGEricSchmitt claimed victory, saying schools were conceding the fight because of his litigation.

https://t.co/3RvmCOdT4A
That was his play all along: a slew of dead-end lawsuits that, with a little smoke and mirrors, he could sell to his voter base as victory over political opponents. Eventually, it all petered out and Missouri taxpayers were still stuck with the bill.

kcur.org/news/2022-05-0…
But wait, there’s more!

Women are at risk in Missouri under the draconian anti-abortion trigger law that @Eric_Schmitt gleefully enacted after #Roe was overturned.

He even used state resources to brag about being the first state to do it.

ago.mo.gov/home/news/2022…
Republicans manipulated the narrative after Dobbs, saying the issue was simply being sent back to the states where it belongs.

That lie imploded this week when @LindseyGrahamSC introduced a federal abortion ban after 15 weeks. So much for #statesrights

nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/…
The obvious implication here is that if elected to the United States Senate, @Eric_Schmitt will be a rubber stamp for the fascist @GOP crusade to control women’s bodies and strip away our liberty.

But I have thoughts on that.
My own personal experience on this issue gives me a depth of understanding that @AGEricSchmitt could never match.

I published my story and he can read it, if he’s brave enough. It’s compelling and cuts to the core of the religious abortion argument. ⬇️

sheknows.com/health-and-wel…
I doubt he will, and if he did I imagine he’d look me square in the eye and say he’d forced me through it again.

He can’t protect kids. He can’t protect women. He can’t protect the people of Missouri.

Strangely though, he’s not afraid to protect Donald Trump at all costs.
That means, most critically of all, if Schmitt is elected he will also be a rubber stamp for election deniers.

Given the opportunity, he would absolutely join @HawleyMO in voting to overthrow an election just like Trump and the @GOP tried to do on Jan 6, 2021. Image
Our only solution is to throw everything we’ve got behind @buschvalentine, a common sense candidate who will bring a level head to Washington.

Eric’s attacks against Trudy are empty. But the evidence mounting against his ability to lead is overwhelming and undeniable.
Eric Schmitt is too extreme for Missouri. #tooREDforMO

The choice is clear. It’s #Trudy4MO or we risk everything.

/END🧵

@buschvalentine

#TBV #blue22 #showmeMOblue

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Missouri voices: help me push this. @piper4missouri @TrishForMO @RandiMcCallian @buschvalentine @shannonrwatts @SpencerToder @LucasKunceMO @MaggieforMO @rogersforKC @QuintonLucasKC @aaroncrossley

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Aug 27, 2023
Republicans are using the 2nd amendment to hold America hostage as a means to achieve desired cultural/policy ends

They’ve rolled all issues into one and decided anyone who doesn’t agree is *more* than a political opponent— they’re a Satanic enemy who must be vanquished

1/4
On every issue from education to equality to emergency response, I’ve witnessed a trend for years— from the media to friends & family— where conservative dialogue regularly circles back to an anti-govt fanaticism and often ends with a violent ultimatum

#ComeAndTakeIt

2/4
And what’s worse, we can see some of the most radical among them are starting to move from implied threats to overt acts of domestic terrorism

How many MAGA nuts with racist manifestos & swastikas on their AR-15s have to commit mass murder before we admit what’s happening?

3/4
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Jul 28, 2023
Listen close y’all.

Frank Luntz is the personal architect of modern Republican propaganda.

He was the political linguist who advised party elites in the 90s to “be like Newt” and ditch truth-telling for baseless propaganda.

The GOP couldn’t get onboard fast enough. /1 Image
He taught the party to reduce complex ideas into cliche phrases meant to oversimplify, eliminate key context, and— most importantly— manipulate voters’ emotions.

And we can trace a direct line from those buzzwords above to the violent propaganda & political terrorism of 2023. /2 Image
But now NYT wants me to read his analysis of people who were essentially red-pilled by Frank himself— while he equates their propaganda-induced anger with the anger of those fighting Trump and the GOP’s attempted fascist takeover of America?

Fuck no. /3

https://t.co/XAoqoU2ax7nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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T in KC Profile picture
May 8, 2023
CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN “GROOMED” FOR DECADES:

Groomed by Reagan to distrust the government

Groomed by Rush Limbaugh to believe liberal is a 4-letter word

Groomed by FoxNews to believe Obama was the Antichrist

Groomed by the NRA to believe liberals are coming for your guns
Groomed by Alex Jones to dehumanize immigrants, POC, liberals, and the LGBTQ community

Groomed by Joe Rogan to believe vaccines are dangerous

Groomed by Newsmax to take horse dewormer

Groomed by Michael Flynn to believe the Q-Anon conspiracy psyop
Groomed by the pro-life lobby to believe liberals are baby killers and Roe allowed abortion after birth

Groomed by corrupt leaders to believe famous dictators are “strong leaders”

Groomed by Putin to believe Russia is an ally

Groomed by white supremacists into outright bigotry
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May 8, 2023
Reflections on the current wave of MAGA violence:

I’m old enough to remember when conservatives directly blamed Obama for violence against cops in 2016.

They said he “called for the death of police” and refused to condemn killings in Dallas.

Reader, all of this was false. /1 ImageImageImageImage
Of course Obama directly condemned the violence.

And anytime he spoke on racial disparities in policing, his comments were thoughtful, measured, mature, and intelligent. /2

time.com/4397600/obama-…
Contrast that with the blustering, angry vigilantism of Donald Trump and his followers— the literal, open calls to violence— from telling police to rough up protestors during his 2016 campaign to inciting an armed mob to smash the windows of Congress on Jan 6, 2021. /3 ImageImage
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Oct 27, 2022
Little known issue on the Missouri ballot has a real fascist ring to it.

Am 5 moves Nat’l Guard directly under governor & changes mission from responding to domestic emergencies “to protecting constitutional rights and civil liberties” of Missourians.

Why is that troubling? /1 Image
A few reasons.

Missouri recently passed legislation to nullify federal gun laws. The Guard could be deployed to resist the FBI or federal law enforcement in the name of protecting citizens second amendment rights. /2
That’s not all. Republicans want a personhood bill for fetuses. The Guars could be deployed in scary ass ways to protect the life of a fetus— arresting women for risky behavior, miscarriages, and more. /3
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Oct 22, 2022
Are you on the fence in this election? Do you have friends and family who are still undecided?

Let me offer a persuasive argument.

I’m rejecting Republicans up and down the ticket. Why?

It’s the lies and the fear-mongering for me.

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The lies and fear mongering on abortion. Crime. Guns. Jan 6. Elections. Gas prices. Inflation. Tax Policy. Immigration. Public health. Public education.

When I take a step back, I see that the entire Republican platform is built on propaganda and lies. /2
On abortion, the lie is as pervasive as ever. Republicans claim Democrats want to allow healthy babies to be aborted on their due date. Or even AFTER birth.

It’s clear emotional manipulation with zero basis in fact. /3
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