1. A GOP Senator sets off a round of conspiracy theories claiming he has "an informant" about a secret society in FBI. The conservatives, who now never hear a conspiracy theory they don't believe, go nuts. Senator says, oh, it was just a joke.
NO! No no no. He does not get to...
NO! No no no. He does not get to...
2. ..walk away from this. It was NOT a joke. He LIED. Press him: Why would you joke about an informant? Why would you say such a thing on a national news show? Did you make up the informant? This is the reality of some modern conservatives: The just SAY THINGS. They don't care...
3. ..if it's true, they don't check if it's accurate. They just blab out nonsense, intentionally lie, and undermine this country. This man spread a "joke" attacking a major institution of our democracy. No...he lied. Or he is so stupid he has no place in the Senate. This....
4...is just one of a million "they just say things" moment. Remember Jade Helm, when GOPrs said that Obama was going to take over Texas with the military? (The US was going to take over Texas...huh?) The governor lend that credibility, @tedcruz did too, other Texas GOPrs did....
5... so what was the result? Some conservative nutcases planned attacks on the US military. Remember when lyin' @tedcruz told people than a non-binding UN resolution would result in the closing of all golf courses? Some other GOPr used it to make....
6...reference to people being loaded onto rail cars, with a Holocaust analogy. These people, who say anything knowing that they have enough lunatics who will listen to them, present a clear and present danger to the United States. By attacking every institution of democracy....
7....they are inciting people to violence. At some point, when someone is killed because of these lies, these politicians need to be indicted for reckless homicide. The outcome of this behavior is completely predictable. It must be stopped.
