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Jul 14, 2024 16 tweets 4 min read Read on X
1) Thread. 🧵 If you're planning your next op/ed and you intend to scold both sides for violent rhetoric, think again and watch the following seven videos. Republicans have been producing violent ads targeting both legislation and actual Democrats for years. Let's review.
2) Here's another Greitens ad, in case he didn't make his point the first time.
3) This is one in which the candidate, Jim Lamon, shoots Democratic congressional leadership.
4) This is Senator Rand Paul shooting the tax code.
5) Senator Joni Ernst shooting the Affordable Care Act.
6) Republican Wil Brooke shooting the ACA. Worth noting this was the signature achievement of the first Black president. The dog whistle isn't very subtle.
7) And of course this ignoramus had to both shoot and explode a Prius labeled "Socialism."
8) There are many more, with additional Republican videos popping up every election cycle. Again, we wonder why so many deranged souls think the only way to solve a problem is to shoot it.
9) There's more. This is the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, blowing up spending, ripping up regulations with a chain saw, using his pick-up truck to round up "illegals," and of course he had to cock his gun in there, too.
10) This is Paul Broun describing his AR-15 as a "Liberty Machine" and announcing a fun AR-15 giveaway.
11) Jerome Davidson portraying Democrats as KKK members and shooting them (off camera).
Correction: Democratic congressional leadership AND Joe Biden.
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Jeez, I'm missing a lot of these.
This is Rep. Mike Collins shooting a ballot box. Take that, democracy.
Correction: Pastor Jerone Davison.

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It's fair to ask whether Donald cut a side-deal with Netanyahu to refuse any hostage/cease-fire proposals until after the election, dooming Goldberg-Polin and the others. How many innocent people have died for Donald's desperation and vanity?
1) Yes, it's totally inconceivable that a convicted criminal fraud would do this knowing he attempted to extort Ukraine to investigate his 2020 political rival; ordered his DOJ to investigate his 2016 political rival; ordered his militias to overthrow the 2020 election...
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🧵Thread:
1) Yesterday I ended up in a political conversation with a salesman who asked what I do for a living. Ended up being the second time in a week that someone told me offshore wind farms are killing whales. This is NOT TRUE.
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2) He also told me Biden's spending caused inflation. I explained it's a global problem involving oil prices and demand due to supply chains, exacerbated here by Trump's tariffs and obvious price gouging (record retail profits etc). So much disinformation out there.
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1/🧵
President Biden's accomplishments so far:
-1,106 insurrectionists charged, including Trump.
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2/
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-The Inflation Reduction Act: $1T for roads and bridges, passenger and freight rail, broadband, drinking water, western water storage, public transit, airports...
3/
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-CHIPS and Science Act: $280B investment in America's tech manufacturing, computer chips to keep car prices low.
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Trump's self dealing and influence peddling: @JimGaffigan @joerogan
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-Ivanka received dozens more Chinese trademarks during Trump's term.
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If you’re seeking perfection in politics, your expectations are out of whack. Voting is about choosing a candidate nearest to the qualifications, experience, ideas required, and from one of 2 electable parties. The choice is almost always approximate, seldom a bullseye. 2
Some of us believe voting is an exclusively sacrosanct reflection of our personal morality, without any consideration for the real world implications. Think of voting as a patriotic contribution, like paying taxes or enlisting in the military-- it's more outward than inward. 3
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